Genesis 1:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have given] every green herb for food: and it was so.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּֽלְכָל־חַיַּ֣ת הָ֠אָרֶץ וּלְכָל־ע֨וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם וּלְכֹ֣ל ׀ רוֹמֵ֣שׂ עַל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ֙ נֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֔ה אֶת־כָּל־יֶ֥רֶק עֵ֖שֶׂב לְאָכְלָ֑ה וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃

Transliteration

And to all-ḥayyat the ʾāreṣ and to all-ʿôp the šāmayim and to all rômēś upon the ʾāreṣ which-in-him nepeš ḥayyāh ʾet-all-yereq ʿēśeb for ʾoklāh and wayĕhî-kēn

Grammar Details

*û-lĕ-kol*: conjunction + preposition + noun - and to all of
*û-lĕ-kol-ʿôp*: conjunction + preposition + noun + noun - and to all flying creature of
*û-lĕ-kōl*: conjunction + preposition + noun - and to all of
*rômēś*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - creeping/moving
*ʾăšer-bô*: relative pronoun + preposition + 3ms suffix - which in it
*yereq*: noun, masculine singular construct - greenness of

Word Meanings

*rômēś*: creeping/moving/crawling
*yereq*: greenness/green plant/vegetation

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 147:9 : 9 He giveth to the beast his food, [And] to the young ravens which cry.
Ps 104:14 : 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,
Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all wait for thee; And thou givest them their food in due season. 16 Thou openest thy hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Job 40:20 : 20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.
Gen 9:3 : 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
Job 38:39-41 : 39 Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, 40 When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait? 41 Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, [And] wander for lack of food?
Job 39:4 : 4 Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.
Job 39:8 : 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Job 39:30 : 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.
Job 40:15 : 15 Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.

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