Genesis 1:21
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.”
כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
נֶפֶשׁ
creature
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נֶפֶשׁ
Life, soul, living being. Nephesh. The animating breath God places in every living creature. In animals it is the life force. In humanity it is the seat of emotion, will and identity. Every nephesh belongs to God — from the creatures in the sea to the deepest cry of the human heart.
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שָׁרַץ
they swarmed
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שָׁרַץ
to wriggle, i.e. (by implication) swarm or abound
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עוֹף
bird of
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עוֹף
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
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כָּנָף
wing
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כָּנָף
Wing, extremity. Kanaph. Under His wings you will find refuge. Like a mother bird covers her chicks God covers His people with His own life.
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טוֹב
it was good
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טוֹב
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
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