Genesis

Genesis 1:26

²⁶Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself^d and every creature that crawls upon it.”

Footnotes

d 1:26 MT; Syriac and over all the beasts of the earth

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then God	אֱלֹהִ֔ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Let Us make	נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה	na·‘ă·śeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural	H6213 do, make
man	אָדָ֛ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
in Our image	בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ	bə·ṣal·mê·nū	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common plural	H6754 image
after Our likeness	כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּ	kiḏ·mū·ṯê·nū	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common plural	H1823 likeness, similitude
to rule	וְיִרְדּוּ֩	wə·yir·dū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7287 have dominion, rule, dominate
over the fish	בִדְגַ֨ת	ḇiḏ·ḡaṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H1710 fish
of the sea	הַיָּ֜ם	hay·yām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
and the birds	וּבְע֣וֹף	ū·ḇə·‘ō·wp̄	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
of the air	הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
over the livestock	וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙	ū·ḇab·bə·hê·māh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H929 beast, animal, cattle
and over all	וּבְכָל־	ū·ḇə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the earth itself	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and every	וּבְכָל־	ū·ḇə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
creature	הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ	hā·re·meś	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7431 creeping things, moving things
that crawls	הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂ	hā·rō·mêś	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7430 creep, move lightly, move about
upon	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height

Cross-references

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Colossians 3:10 · Ephesians 4:24 · Psalm 8:4–8 · Genesis 3:22 · Genesis 5:1 · Psalm 100:3 · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · Genesis 9:2–4 · Isaiah 64:8 · Colossians 1:15 · Hebrews 2:6–9 · James 3:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.