Genesis 1:29

“And Elohim said, “Look, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree that has fruit yielding seed; it will be food for you.”

Genesis 1:29 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Genesis 1:29, word by word

Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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I have givenנָתַתִּיnatati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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plantעֵשֶׂבesev

plants, vegetation

Small plants, herbs and crops that serve as food for people and animals.

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yieldingזֹרֵעַzorea

yield seed

Of a plant: to bear seed so that others grow.

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seedזֶרַעzera

seed

What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.

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on the faceפְּנֵיpene

surface

The surface: "the face of the earth".

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the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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treeעֵץets

tree

A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.

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fruitפְרִיferi

fruit

What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.

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it will beיִהְיֶהyihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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foodאָכְלָהachla

food

What nourishes: the bread from heaven and the sustenance God gives to every creature.

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The context

28And Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every animal that creeps on the earth.”

29 · This verse (above)

30And to every animal of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to everything that creeps on the earth, that has life, I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

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  1. 1. What it says

    What did Elohim say about everything he had made at the end of the sixth day (v. 31)?

  2. 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. 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?

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