Genesis 1 – Line 00030

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1. ORIGINAL LINE TEXT

Language: Hebrew

Manuscript Source: Leningrad Codex

Line Reference: Genesis 1:30

וּלְכָל־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וּלְכָל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה אֶת־כָּל־יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב לְאָכְלָה וַיְהִי־כֵן

2. DIRECT TRANSLITERATION

u-le-khol chayat ha-aretz u-le-khol ‘of ha-shamayim u-le-khol romes al-ha-aretz asher-bo nefesh chayyah et-kol yereq esev le-okhlah vayhi-ken

3. WORD-BY-WORD LEXICAL BREAKDOWN

WORD 1

Original: וּלְכָל־חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ

Transliteration: u-le-khol chayat ha-aretz

Root: חיה (chayah) + ארץ (erets)

Part of Speech: Construct phrase with conjunction

Grammar: Feminine singular construct + definite noun

Lexical Range:

and to every beast of the earth

and to every land animal

WORD 2

Original: וּלְכָל־עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם

Transliteration: u-le-khol ‘of ha-shamayim

Root: עוֹף (‘of) + שָׁמַיִם (shamayim)

Part of Speech: Construct phrase with conjunction

Grammar: Collective noun in construct with definite article

Lexical Range:

and to every bird of the sky

and to all winged creatures of heaven

WORD 3

Original: וּלְכֹל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל־הָאָרֶץ

Transliteration: u-le-khol romes al-ha-aretz

Root: רָמַשׂ (ramas) + ארץ (erets)

Part of Speech: Construct phrase

Grammar: Participle Qal, masculine singular used substantively + preposition + noun

Lexical Range:

and to everything that creeps upon the earth

and to all crawling/moving creatures on the land

WORD 4

Original: אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה

Transliteration: asher-bo nefesh chayyah

Root: נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) + חיה (chayah)

Part of Speech: Relative clause

Grammar: Relative pronoun + prepositional phrase + construct

Lexical Range:

which in it is a living soul/being

that has the breath of life

WORD 5

Original: אֶת־כָּל־יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב

Transliteration: et-kol yereq esev

Root: יֶרֶק (yereq) + עֵשֶׂב (esev)

Part of Speech: Construct phrase with object marker

Grammar: Masculine singular collective in construct with כָּל (“all”)

Lexical Range:

all green plant

every herb/vegetation

all leafy growth

WORD 6

Original: לְאָכְלָה

Transliteration: le-okhlah

Root: אָכַל (akal)

Part of Speech: Noun with preposition

Grammar: Feminine singular infinitive/noun form

Lexical Range:

for food

for eating

for consumption

WORD 7

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

Expands provision beyond humanity (v.29) to every living creature.

Three categories: beasts of the earth, birds of the sky, creeping things.

Each described as having “nefesh chayyah” (living being/soul).

Food provision = “kol yereq esev” (every green plant).

Closes with fulfillment formula “vayhi-ken.”

5. VARIANT MANUSCRIPT NOTES

MT and DSS align.

LXX: “καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς θηρίοις τῆς γῆς καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς πετεινοῖς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ παντὶ ἑρπετῷ τῷ ἑρπόντι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὃ ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ ψυχὴν ζωῆς, πᾶν χόρτον χλωρὸν εἰς βρῶσιν· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως” (“and to all beasts of the earth and all birds of the sky and every creeping thing upon the earth which has in it a living soul: every green herb for food; and it was so”).

Samaritan Pentateuch agrees with MT.

6. STRUCTURAL CONNECTION TO OTHER LINES

Complements v.29 (food for humans).

Parallels v.22 (blessing of animals) and anticipates 2:19 (naming of animals).

Closes divine provision cycle before climactic evaluation in v.31.

7. CAUTIONARY REMINDER

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