Genesis 1 – Line 00011

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PREFACE

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1. ORIGINAL LINE TEXT

Language: Hebrew

Manuscript Source: Leningrad Codex

Line Reference: Genesis 1:11

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיְהִי־כֵן

2. DIRECT TRANSLITERATION

vayomer Elohim tad’she ha-aretz deshe esev mazria zera etz peri oseh peri le-mino asher zar‘o-vo al-ha-aretz vayhi-ken

3. WORD-BY-WORD LEXICAL BREAKDOWN

WORD 1

Original: וַיֹּאמֶר

Transliteration: vayomer

Root: אמר (amar)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammar: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, vav-consecutive

Lexical Range:

to say

to speak

to command

to declare

WORD 2

Original: אֱלֹהִים

Transliteration: Elohim

Root: אֱלֹהִים (Elohim)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammar: Plural in form, singular in usage here

Lexical Range:

God

gods

divine beings

rulers, judges

WORD 3

Original: תַּדְשֵׁא

Transliteration: tad’she

Root: דשא (dasha)

Part of Speech: Verb

Grammar: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular (with subject: ha-aretz)

Lexical Range:

to sprout

to produce vegetation

to bring forth fresh growth

WORD 4

Original: הָאָרֶץ

Transliteration: ha-aretz

Root: ארץ (erets)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammar: Feminine singular with definite article

Lexical Range:

earth

land

ground

WORD 5

Original: דֶּשֶׁא

Transliteration: deshe

Root: דֶּשֶׁא (deshe)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammar: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

grass

tender green growth

vegetation

WORD 6

Original: עֵשֶׂב

Transliteration: esev

Root: עֵשֶׂב (esev)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammar: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

plant

herb

vegetation

WORD 7

Original: מַזְרִיעַ

Transliteration: mazria

Root: זרע (zara‘)

Part of Speech: Verb (participle, Hiphil)

Grammar: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

bearing seed

causing to sow

yielding

WORD 8

Original: זֶרַע

Transliteration: zera

Root: זרע (zera‘)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammar: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

seed

offspring

descendant

semen

WORD 9

Original: עֵץ

Transliteration: etz

Root: עֵץ (etz)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammar: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

tree

wood

timber

WORD 10

Original: פְּרִי

Transliteration: peri

Root: פְּרִי (peri)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammar: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

fruit

produce

offspring

WORD 11

Original: עֹשֶׂה

Transliteration: oseh

Root: עשה (asah)

Part of Speech: Verb (participle, Qal)

Grammar: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

making

producing

doing

bringing forth

WORD 12

Original: פְּרִי

Transliteration: peri

Root: פְּרִי (peri)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammar: Masculine singular

Lexical Range:

fruit

produce

WORD 13

Original: לְמִינוֹ

Transliteration: le-mino

Root: מין (min)

Part of Speech: Noun with prefixed לְ and suffix pronoun

Grammar: Masculine singular construct

Lexical Range:

according to its kind

species, category

WORD 14

Original: אֲשֶׁר

Transliteration: asher

Root: אֲשֶׁר

Part of Speech: Relative pronoun

Lexical Range:

which

that

who

WORD 15

Original: זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ

Transliteration: zar‘o-vo

Root: זרע (zera‘)

Part of Speech: Noun with suffix + preposition

Grammar: Masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix + בְּ

Lexical Range:

its seed in it

WORD 16

Original: עַל־הָאָרֶץ

Transliteration: al-ha-aretz

Root: על (‘al) + ארץ (erets)

Part of Speech: Preposition + Noun

Grammar: Construct

Lexical Range:

upon the earth

over the land

WORD 17

Original: וַיְהִי־כֵן

Transliteration: vayhi-ken

Root: היה (hayah) + כֵּן (ken)

Part of Speech: Verb + Adverb

Grammar: Qal imperfect, vav-consecutive + adverb

Lexical Range:

and it was so

and thus it came to be

4. STRUCTURAL NOTES

The verse contains three coordinated categories of vegetation: “grass,” “plants yielding seed,” and “fruit trees producing fruit.”

Each is qualified by the reproductive formula “according to its kind.”

Ends with the fulfillment marker “vayhi-ken.”

5. VARIANT MANUSCRIPT NOTES

DSS fragments (4QGen) largely align with MT.

Septuagint: ἐξαγαγέτω ἡ γῆ χόρτον χόρτου… (“let the earth bring forth grass/herb…”).

6. STRUCTURAL CONNECTION TO OTHER LINES

Parallels Genesis 1:12 (fulfillment).

Anticipates Genesis 1:29–30, where vegetation is designated as food.

7. CAUTIONARY REMINDER

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No conclusions, smoothing, or interpretive decisions have been made.

This file serves only to display the original structure and lexical range as transparently as possible.