Monday, October 14, 2019

Genesis Chapter 1:28-29

28 וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֹתָם֮ אֱלֹהִים֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָהֶ֜ם אֱלֹהִ֗ים פְּר֥וּ וּרְב֛וּ וּמִלְא֥וּ אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְכִבְשֻׁ֑הָ וּרְד֞וּ בִּדְגַ֤ת הַיָּם֙ וּבְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּבְכָל־חַיָּ֖ה הָֽרֹמֶ֥שֶׂת עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

1:28  Then HE blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply; fill the earth, and subdue it. And rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over every creeping thing that moves upon the ground.


- וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ (v. Piel consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - בָרַךְ ) = he blessed
- פְּר֥וּ (v. Qal imperative masculine plural  - פָרָה ) = you (pl) be fruitful
- וּרְב֛וּ  (v. Qal imperative masculine plural  - פָרָה ) = you (pl) multiply
- וּמִלְא֥וּ (v. Qal imperative masculine plural  - מָלֵא) = you (pl) fill
- וְכִבְשֻׁ֑הָ ( v. Qal imperative masculine plural, 3rd person feminine singular - כָּבַשׁ) = you (pl) subdue, bring into bondage
- וּרְד֞וּ ( v. Qal imperative masculine plural - רָדָה) = you (pl) have dominion


29 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים הִנֵּה֩ נָתַ֨תִּי לָכֶ֜ם אֶת־כָּל־עֵ֣שֶׂב׀ זֹרֵ֣עַ זֶ֗רַע אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאֶת־כָּל־הָעֵ֛ץ אֲשֶׁר־בּ֥וֹ פְרִי־עֵ֖ץ זֹרֵ֣עַ זָ֑רַע לָכֶ֥ם יִֽהְיֶ֖ה לְאָכְלָֽה׃

1:29 And Elohim said, "Behold, I have given you every herb that bears seed, which is on the face of the earth, and every tree yielding fruit which bares it's seed.
This will be your food.


- נָתַ֨תִּי (v. Qal imperfect, 1st person common singular  - נָתַן) = I have given


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