Study it in the app“And Elohim created the great sea monsters and every living being that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.”
AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםcreatedיִּבְרָאthe greatהַגְּדֹלִיםsea monstersאֶת הַתַּנִּינִםand everyוְאֵת כָּלliving beingנֶפֶשׁ הַחַיָּהthat moves,הָרֹמֶשֶׂתwith whichאֲשֶׁרthe watersהַמַּיִםswarm,שָׁרְצוּaccording to their kinds,לְמִינֵהֶםand everyוְאֵת כָּלwingedכָּנָףbirdעוֹףaccording to its kind.לְמִינֵהוּAndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםsawיַּרְאthatכִּיit wasgood.טוֹב
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearscreate
To bring something new into being; only God does this.
Where else “yivra” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolim” appearssea monster
A huge beast of the sea.
Where else “taninim” appearsliving being
Something alive that breathes, person or animal.
Where else “nefesh” appearsbeast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chaya” appearscreep, move
Move along the ground or glide: creep, crawl. It is said of small land animals and also of those that move in the water.
Where else “romeset” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsswarm
Swarm: move in great numbers, multiply until a place is full, like fish or insects.
Where else “shartsu” appearskind
Kind, sort. It appears in the phrase "according to its kind": each living thing according to its type.
Where else “mine” appearswing
A bird's wing; shelter under God's wings.
Where else “kanaf” appearsbird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears20And Elohim said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living beings, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the vault of the heavens.”
21 · This verse (above)
22And Elohim blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
1. What it says
What did Elohim say about everything he had made at the end of the sixth day (v. 31)?
2. What it means
What does the text say about human beings when it says they were created in the image of Elohim (v. 27)?
3. How I live it
How can you treat the people around you today, remembering that every one of them was created in the image of Elohim?
