Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
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ASV
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
KJV
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אֱלֹהִ֔ים | 'E.lo.Him | God | H430 → |
| נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה | na.'a.Seh | let us make | H6213 → |
| אָדָ֛ם | 'a.Dam | humankind | H120 → |
| בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ | be.tzal.Me.nu | in image our | H6754 → |
| כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּ | kid.mu.Te.nu | according to likeness our | H1823 → |
| וְיִרְדּוּ֩ | ve.yir.Du | and they may rule | H7287 → |
| בִדְגַ֨ת | vid.Gat | over [the] fish of | H1710 → |
| הַיָּ֜ם | hai.Yam | the sea | H3220 → |
| וּבְע֣וֹף | u.ve.'of | and over [the] bird[s] of | H5775 → |
| הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם | ha.sha.Ma.yim | the heavens | H8064 → |
| וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙ | u.va.be.he.Mah | and over the livestock | H929 → |
| וּבְכָל־ | u.ve.Khol- | and over all | H3605 → |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the earth | H776 → |
| וּבְכָל־ | u.ve.Khol- | and over every | H3605 → |
| הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ | ha.Re.mes | <the> creeping thing | H7431 → |
| הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂ | ha.ro.Mes | which creeps | H7430 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | ha.'A.retz | the earth | H776 → |
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