Reading Genesis 1-2 in Hebrew - Bibal.Net

Reading Genesis 1–2 in Hebrew
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way-yOµ'-mer 'È-lO-hÓµm TÙ-cEµ'
hA-'Aµ-rec neµ-peH xay-y‰µ l¸-mÓ-nAµh, “and Elohim said, ‘Let the earth bring forth living creatures
after their kind.’” On the first two words, see 1:20 above. The verb ����� is Hiphil (causative)
imperfect 3 rd sg. fem. from the root 'cy (“go forth”) used as a jussive, with ����
���� (“the land”).as
subject. On the construct chain ��œ������‹ �� (“living creatures”) see 1:21. The word √��������
(“to her
kind”) is the combination of the preposition l (“to, after”) + the noun §yim (“kind”) + the 3 rd sg.
fem. pronominal suffix –hAñ. The dot (daghesh) here is the hE maPPÓq, which indicates that it
carries consonantal force. Without the dot, a final hE is silent (i.e., used as a vowel letter).
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B¸-hE-m‰µ wA-reµ-meW w¸-ha-y¸-tÙ-
'eµ-rec l¸-mÓ-nAµh wa-y¸-hÓ-kEµn, “herd-animals and crawling things and wildlife of the earth after
their kind, and it was so.” The fem. noun hAmEh–¯b, which is commonly translated as “cattle,” is a
more general term that refers to living creatures other than humans, including all the larger
animals. Here it is used in opposition to wild “animals of the earth” (ere'-Ùt¯yax) and is thus
interpreted to mean domestic or perhaps “herd-animals” like cattle, sheep and goats (i.e.,
livestock).” The segholate noun Wemer (“creeping things”), which is used in a collective sense, is
prefixed with the wau-conjunction. On the expression ����‘������•�, see 1:11, 15 above.
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way-yaµ-vaW 'È-lO-hÓµm 'et-xay-yaµt
hA-'Aµ-rec l¸-mÓ-nAµh, “and Elohim made the wildlife of the earth after their kind.” The verb here is
Qal shortened imperfect 3 rd sg. masc. with wau-conversive from the root hWv (“make, do”) with
Elohim as subject. The direct object of the verb is the singular nominal phrase erA'Ah t¬Cyax (“living
creature of the earth”) used in a collective sense. On –hƒnyimÕl see 1:11, 15, 24.
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w¸-'et-haB-B¸-hE-m‰µ l¸-mÓ-nAµh, “and herd-animals (or
livestock) after their kind.” On the meaning of the words here, see 1:24.
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w¸-'Eµt Kol-reµ-meW hA-'·-dA-m‰µ l¸-mÓ-nEµ-h˚, “and
everything that creeps on the ground, after its kind.” The masc. collective noun Wemerµ (“creeping
things”) is another example of what is often called a segolate noun, with the stress on the
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