Genesis 1 – Line 00024

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1. ORIGINAL LINE TEXT

Language: Hebrew

Manuscript Source: Leningrad Codex

Line Reference: Genesis 1:24

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לְמִינָהּ בְּהֵמָה וָרֶמֶשׂ וְחַיְתוֹ־אֶרֶץ לְמִינָהּ וַיְהִי־כֵן

2. DIRECT TRANSLITERATION

vayomer Elohim totze ha-aretz nefesh chayyah le-minah behemah va-remes ve-chayto-erets le-minah 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 function here

Lexical Range:

God

gods

divine beings

rulers, judges

WORD 3

Original: תּוֹצֵא

Transliteration: totze

Root: יצא (yatsa)

Part of Speech: Verb

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

Lexical Range:

to bring forth

to cause to go out

to produce

to yield

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

territory

WORD 5

Original: נֶפֶשׁ

Transliteration: nefesh

Root: נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammar: Feminine singular

Lexical Range:

soul

living being

life force

person, creature, self

appetite, desire

WORD 6

Original: חַיָּה

Transliteration: chayyah

Root: חיה (chayah)

Part of Speech: Adjective used substantively

Grammar: Feminine singular

Lexical Range:

living

alive

animate creature

WORD 7

Original: לְמִינָהּ

Transliteration: le-minah

Root: מִין (min)

Part of Speech: Noun construct with suffix

Grammar: Masculine singular construct + 3rd feminine singular suffix

Lexical Range:

according to its kind

species, category

WORD 8

Original: בְּהֵמָה

Transliteration: behemah

Root: בְּהֵמָה (behemah)

Part of Speech: Noun

Grammar: Feminine singular collective

Lexical Range:

cattle

domesticated animals

beasts of burden

WORD 9

Original: וָרֶמֶשׂ

Transliteration: va-remes

Root: רֶמֶשׂ (remes)

Part of Speech: Noun with conjunction

Grammar: Masculine singular collective

Lexical Range:

creeping things

small moving creatures

reptiles, insects, crawlers

WORD 10

Original: וְחַיְתוֹ־אֶרֶץ

Transliteration: ve-chayto-erets

Root: חיה (chayah) + ארץ (erets)

Part of Speech: Construct phrase

Grammar: Feminine singular in construct with suffix + noun

Lexical Range:

wild animal of the earth

beast of the land

WORD 11

Original: לְמִינָהּ

Transliteration: le-minah

Root: מִין (min)

Part of Speech: Noun construct with suffix

Grammar: Masculine singular construct + 3rd feminine singular suffix

Lexical Range:

according to its kind

WORD 12

Original: וַיְהִי־כֵן

Transliteration: vayhi-ken

Root: היה (hayah) + כֵּן (ken)

Part of Speech: Verb + Adverb

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

Lexical Range:

and it was so

and thus it came to be

and it happened accordingly

4. STRUCTURAL NOTES

Divine command directed to “ha-aretz” (the earth) as the subject causing production.

Three categories of land creatures: “behemah” (domestic animals), “remes” (creeping things), “chayto-erets” (wild beasts).

Each defined “le-minah” (according to kind), reinforcing order and differentiation.

Closes with formulaic fulfillment marker “vayhi-ken.”

5. VARIANT MANUSCRIPT NOTES

MT and DSS consistent.

Septuagint: “καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεός· ἐξαγαγέτω ἡ γῆ ψυχὴν ζῶσαν κατὰ γένος, τετράποδα καὶ ἑρπετὰ καὶ θηρία τῆς γῆς κατὰ γένος· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως” (“let the earth bring forth living soul according to kind: quadrupeds, creeping things, and beasts of the earth according to kind; and it was so”).

Samaritan Pentateuch matches MT.

6. STRUCTURAL CONNECTION TO OTHER LINES

Parallels Genesis 1:20–21 (sea and sky creatures).

Prepares for Genesis 1:25 (fulfillment of this command).

Foreshadows Genesis 1:26, where humanity is created and distinguished from animals.

7. CAUTIONARY REMINDER

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