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Genesis 1:12

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And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.	And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.	And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the earth^H776 brought forth^H3318 grass^H1877, and herb^H6212 yielding^H2232 seed^H2233 after his kind^H4327, and the tree^H6086 yielding^H6213 fruit^H6529, whose seed^H2233 was in itself, after his kind^H4327: and God^H430 saw^H7200 that it was good^H2896.

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Original Hebrew

וַתֹּוצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע לְמִינֵהוּ וְעֵץ עֹשֶׂה־פְּרִי אֲשֶׁר זַרְעֹו־בֹו לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טֹוב׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תּוֹצֵ֨א	va./to.Tze'	H3318	HC/Vhw3fs	and/ (it) brought forth
הָ/אָ֜רֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ earth
דֶּ֠שֶׁא	De.she'	H1877	HNcmsa	vegetation
עֵ֣שֶׂב	'E.sev	H6212	HNcmsa	plant(s)
מַזְרִ֤יעַ	maz.Ri.a'	H2232	HVhrmsa	(which) bears seed
זֶ֨רַע֙	ze.ra'	H2233	HNcmsa	seed
לְ/מִינֵ֔/הוּ	le./mi.Ne./hu	H4327	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	to/ kind/ its
וְ/עֵ֧ץ	ve./'Etz	H6086	HC/Ncmsa	and/ tree(s)
עֹֽשֶׂה	ʻâsâh	H6213	HVqrmsa
פְּרִ֛י	pe.Ri	H6529	HNcmsa	fruit
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
זַרְע/וֹ	zar.'o/v-	H2233	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	seed/ its
ב֖/וֹ	v/o		HR/Sp3ms	(was) in (the)/ it
לְ/מִינֵ֑/הוּ	le./mi.Ne./hu	H4327	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	to/ kind/ its
וַ/יַּ֥רְא	va/i.Yar'	H7200	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he saw
אֱלֹהִ֖ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
כִּי	ki-	H3588	HC	that
טֽוֹב	Tov	H2896	HAamsa	(it was) good

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

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Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1877 — דֶּשֶׁא (desheʼ, deh'-sheh): from דָּשָׁא; a sprout; by analogy, grass; (tender) grass, green, (tender) herb.
• H2232 — זָרַע (zâraʻ, zaw-rah'): a primitive root; to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify; bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
• H2233 — זֶרַע (zeraʻ, zeh'-rah): from זָרַע; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity; [idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
• H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
• H3318 — יָצָא (yâtsâʼ, yaw-tsaw'): a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.; [idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, [idiom] scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, [idiom] still, [idiom] surely, take forth (out), at any time, [idiom] to (and fro), utter.
• H4327 — מִין (mîyn, meen): from an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, i.e. species; kind. Compare מִן.
• H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks); [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
• H6212 — עֶשֶׂב (ʻeseb, eh'seb): from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green); grass (or any tender shoot); grass, herb.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6529 — פְּרִי (pᵉrîy, per-ee'): from פָּרָה; fruit (literally or figuratively); bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

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