Genesis 1:30

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: 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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King James 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 upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine 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 play.
Gen 9:3 : 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Job 38:39-41 : 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill 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 food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Job 39:4 : 4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
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 with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

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