Genesis 1:22
Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
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ASV
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.
KJV
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
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13 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ | vay.Va.rekh | and he blessed | H1288 → |
| אֹתָ֛ם | 'o.Tam | <obj.> them | H853 → |
| אֱלֹהִ֖ים | 'E.lo.Him | God | H430 → |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| פְּר֣וּ | pe.Ru | be fruitful | H6509 → |
| וּרְב֗וּ | u.re.Vu | and multiply | H7235 → |
| וּמִלְא֤וּ | u.mil.'U | and fill | H4390 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַמַּ֙יִם֙ | ha.Ma.yim | the waters | H4325 → |
| בַּיַּמִּ֔ים | bai.ya.Mim | in the seas | H3220 → |
| וְהָע֖וֹף | ve.ha.'of | and the bird[s] | H5775 → |
| יִ֥רֶב | Yi.rev | let it multiply | H7235 → |
| בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ | ba.'A.retz | on the earth | H776 → |
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