Genesis 1:11
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
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ASV
And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so.
KJV
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
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Commentary
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אֱלֹהִ֗ים | 'E.lo.Him | God | H430 → |
| תַּֽדְשֵׁ֤א | tad.She' | let it sprout | H1876 → |
| הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | ha.'A.retz | the earth | H776 → |
| דֶּ֔שֶׁא | De.she' | vegetation | H1877 → |
| עֵ֚שֶׂב | 'E.sev | plant[s] | H6212 → |
| מַזְרִ֣יעַ | maz.Ri.a' | [which] bears seed | H2232 → |
| זֶ֔רַע | Ze.ra' | seed | H2233 → |
| עֵ֣ץ | 'etz | tree[s] of | H6086 → |
| פְּרִ֞י | pe.Ri | fruit | H6529 → |
| עֹ֤שֶׂה | 'O.seh | producing | H6213 → |
| פְּרִי֙ | pe.Ri | fruit | H6529 → |
| לְמִינ֔וֹ | le.mi.No | to kind its | H4327 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| זַרְעוֹ־ | zar.'ov- | seed its | H2233 → |
| ב֖וֹ | vo | [is] in <the> it | |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the earth | H776 → |
| וַֽיְהִי־ | vay.hi- | and it was | H1961 → |
| כֵֽן׃ | Khen | so | H3651 → |
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