| “And God” | אֱלֹהִ֗ים | 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 |
| “Behold,” | הִנֵּה֩ | Lo! | Behold |
| “I have given” | נָתַ֨תִּי | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | given |
| “you” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | you |
| “every” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | every |
| “herb” | עֵ֣שֶׂב׀ | Grass (or any tender shoot) | herb |
| “bearing” | זֹרֵ֣עַ | To sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify | bearing |
| “seed,” | זֶ֗רַע | Seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity | seed |
| “which” | אֲשֶׁר֙ | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
| “is” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “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 face” | פְּנֵ֣י | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | face |
| “of all” | כָל | 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 every” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | every |
| “tree,” | הָעֵ֛ץ | A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) | tree |
| “in the which” | אֲשֶׁר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | in the which |
| “is” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “the fruit” | פְרִי | Fruit (literally or figuratively) | fruit |
| “of a tree” | עֵ֖ץ | A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) | tree |
| “yielding” | זֹרֵ֣עַ | To sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify | yielding |
| “seed;” | זָ֑רַע | Seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity | seed |
| “to you it shall be” | יִֽהְיֶ֖ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | to you it shall be |
| “for meat.” | לְאָכְלָֽה׃ | Food | meat |