Genesis

Genesis 9:1

¹And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And God	אֱלֹהִ֔ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
blessed	וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ	way·ḇā·reḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
Noah	נֹ֖חַ	nō·aḥ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5146 Noah
and his sons	בָּנָ֑יו	bā·nāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
and said	וַיֹּ֧אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to them	לָהֶ֛ם	lā·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural
Be fruitful	פְּר֥וּ	pə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H6509 bear fruit, be fruitful
and multiply	וּרְב֖וּ	ū·rə·ḇū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H7235 be, or become, much, many, great
and fill	וּמִלְא֥וּ	ū·mil·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H4390 be full, fill
the earth	הָאָֽרֶץ׃	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.