Genesis 1:12
The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
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ASV
And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
KJV
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַתּוֹצֵ֨א | va.to.Tze' | and <it> brought forth | H3318 → |
| הָאָ֜רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the earth | H776 → |
| דֶּ֠שֶׁא | De.she' | vegetation | H1877 → |
| עֵ֣שֶׂב | 'E.sev | plant[s] | H6212 → |
| מַזְרִ֤יעַ | maz.Ri.a' | [which] bears seed | H2232 → |
| זֶ֙רַע֙ | ze.ra' | seed | H2233 → |
| לְמִינֵ֔הוּ | le.mi.Ne.hu | to kind its | H4327 → |
| וְעֵ֧ץ | ve.'Etz | and tree[s] | H6086 → |
| עֹֽשֶׂה־ | 'o.seh- | producing | H6213 → |
| פְּרִ֛י | pe.Ri | fruit | H6529 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| זַרְעוֹ־ | zar.'ov- | seed its | H2233 → |
| ב֖וֹ | vo | [was] in <the> it | |
| לְמִינֵ֑הוּ | le.mi.Ne.hu | to kind its | H4327 → |
| וַיַּ֥רְא | vai.Yar' | and he saw | H7200 → |
| אֱלֹהִ֖ים | 'E.lo.Him | God | H430 → |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| טֽוֹב׃ | Tov | [it was] good | H2895 → |
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