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Genesis 1:20-22

20And Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Let the watersהַמַּ֔יִםha.Ma.yimH4325teemיִשְׁרְצ֣וּyish.re.TzuH8317with livingנֶ֣פֶשׁ חַיָּ֑הNe.fesh chai.YahH5315 H2416creaturesשֶׁ֖רֶץShe.retzH8318,and let birdsוְעוֹף֙ve.'OfH5775flyיְעוֹפֵ֣ףye.'o.FefH5774aboveעַל־'al-H5921the earthהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776inעַל־'al-H5921the openפְּנֵ֖יpe.NeiH6440expanseרְקִ֥יעַre.Ki.a'H7549of the skyהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.”

21Soאֶת־'et-H853Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430createdוַיִּבְרָ֣אvai.yiv.Ra'H1254the greatהַגְּדֹלִ֑יםha.ge.do.LimH1419וְאֵ֣תve.'EtH853sea creaturesהַתַּנִּינִ֖םha.ta.ni.NimH8577and everyכָּל־kol-H3605livingהַֽחַיָּ֣ה׀ha.chai.YahH2416thingנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315that movesהָֽרֹמֶ֡שֶׂתha.ro.Me.setH7430, withwhichאֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherH834the watersהַמַּ֜יִםha.Ma.yimH4325teemedשָׁרְצ֨וּsha.re.TzuH8317according to their kindsלְמִֽינֵהֶ֗םle.mi.ne.HemH4327,andוְאֵ֨תve.'EtH853everyכָּל־kol-H3605wingedכָּנָף֙ka.NafH3671birdע֤וֹףofH5775after its kindלְמִינֵ֔הוּle.mi.Ne.huH4327.And Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430sawוַיַּ֥רְאvai.Yar'H7200thatכִּי־ki-H3588it wasgoodH2896.

22Then Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430blessedוַיְבָ֧רֶךְvay.Va.rekhH1288themאֹתָ֛ם'o.TamH853andsaidלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, “Be fruitfulפְּר֣וּpe.RuH6509and multiplyוּרְב֗וּu.re.VuH7235and fillוּמִלְא֤וּu.mil.'UH4390אֶת־'et-H853the watersהַמַּ֙יִם֙ha.Ma.yimH4325of the seasבַּיַּמִּ֔יםbai.ya.MimH3220,and let birdsוְהָע֖וֹףve.ha.'ofH5775multiplyיִ֥רֶבYi.revH7235on the earthבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.”

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