| “And God” | אֱלֹהִ֔ים | 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 | God |
| “said,” | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “Let us make” | נַֽעֲשֶׂ֥ה | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | Let make |
| “man” | אָדָ֛ם | Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) | man |
| “in our image,” | בְּצַלְמֵ֖נוּ | A phantom, i.e., (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol | image |
| “after our likeness:” | כִּדְמוּתֵ֑נוּ | Resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like | likeness |
| “and let them have dominion” | וְיִרְדּוּ֩ | To tread down, i.e., subjugate; specifically, to crumble off | let dominion |
| “over the fish” | בִדְגַ֨ת | Fish | fish |
| “of the sea,” | הַיָּ֜ם | A sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south | sea |
| “and over the fowl” | וּבְע֣וֹף | A bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively | fowl |
| “of the air,” | הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם | The sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) | air |
| “and over the cattle,” | וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙ | Properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective) | cattle |
| “and over all” | וּבְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the earth,” | הָאָ֔רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | earth |
| “and over every” | וּבְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | every |
| “creeping thing” | הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ | A reptile or any other rapidly moving animal | creeping thing |
| “that creepeth” | הָֽרֹמֵ֥שׂ | Properly, to glide swiftly, i.e., to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm | creepeth |
| “upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “the earth.” | הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | earth |