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And you,וְאַתֶּםbe fruitfulפְּרוּand multiply,וּרְבוּswarmשִׁרְצוּon the earthבָאָרֶץand multiplyוּרְבוּon it.”בָהּ
Genesis 9:7
Study it in the app“And you, be fruitful and multiply, swarm on the earth and multiply on it.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 9:7, word by word
- 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- swarmשִׁרְצוּshirtsu
swarm
Swarm: move in great numbers, multiply until a place is full, like fish or insects.
Where else “shirtsu” appears- on the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
6Whoever sheds the blood of the human being, by the human being his blood will be shed; for in the image of Elohim he made the human being.
7 · This verse (above)
8And Elohim spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
To study Genesis 9 in a group
1. What it says
What sign did Elohim set as a covenant with Noah and every living creature (vv. 12-13)?
2. What it means
What does verse 6 say about the value of human life, and what reason does it give?
3. How I live it
What simple sign can help you remember Elohim’s promises today?