Genesis 1:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

Young's Literal Translation
And God saith, ‘Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.’

King James Bible
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

Hebrew
And God
אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Let the waters
הַמַּ֔יִם (ham·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

teem
יִשְׁרְצ֣וּ (yiš·rə·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8317: To wriggle, swarm, abound

with living
נֶ֣פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

creatures,
שֶׁ֖רֶץ (še·reṣ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8318: A swarm, active mass of minute animals

and let birds
וְעוֹף֙ (wə·‘ō·wp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5775: Flying creatures

fly
יְעוֹפֵ֣ף (yə·‘ō·w·p̄êp̄)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5774: To fly, to faint

above
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the earth
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

in
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the open
פְּנֵ֖י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

expanse
רְקִ֥יעַ (rə·qî·a‘)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7549: An expanse, the firmament, visible arch of the sky

of the sky.”
הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (haš·šā·mā·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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