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AndוַElohimאֱלֹהִיםblessedיְבָרֶךְthem,אֹתָםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Be fruitfulפְּרוּand multiplyוּרְבוּand fillוּמִלְאוּthe watersאֶת הַמַּיִםin the seas,בַּיַּמִּיםand let the birdsוְהָעוֹףmultiplyיִרֶבon the earth.”בָּאָרֶץ
Genesis 1:22
Study it in the app“And Elohim blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 1:22, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- blessedיְבָרֶךְyevarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Be fruitfulפְּרוּperu
be fruitful
Bear fruit; be fruitful, have descendants.
Where else “peru” appears- and multiplyרְבוּrevu
multiply
To grow in number.
Where else “revu” appears- and fillמִלְאוּmilu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “milu” appears- the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- in the seasיַּמִּיםyamim
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yamim” appears- and let the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- on the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
21And 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.
22 · This verse (above)
23And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
To study Genesis 1 in a group
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?