Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Genesis 1:22

וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים לֵאמֹר פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת־הַמַּיִם בַּיַּמִּים וְהָעֹוף יִרֶב בָּאָרֶץ׃

וַיְבָרֶךְ Piel imperfect 3ms from בָרַךְ (he blessed)"he will bless" with a vav conversive making it "and he blessed"

אֹתָם objective pronoun 3mp "them"

אֱלֹהִים masculine plural noun "God"

לֵאמֹר preposition on Qal infinitive construct from אָמַר (he said)"to say" or "saying"

פְּרוּ Qal imperative 2mp from פָרָה (he/it fruited, he/it was fruitful)"be fruitful"

וּרְבוּ conjunction with Qal imperative 2mp from רָבָה (he multiplied)"and multiply"

וּמִלְאוּ conjunction with Qal imperative 2mp from מָלֵא (he filled)"and fill"

אֶת־הַמַּיִם sign of direct object with definite article and noun mp "the waters"

בַּיַּמִּים preposition with definite article and noun mp "in the seas"

וְהָעֹוף conjunction with definite article and noun ms "and the winged creature"

יִרֶב Qal imperfect/jussive 3ms from רָבָה (he multiplied)"let it multiply"

בָּאָרֶץ
preposition with definite article and noun fs "in the earth"

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