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Genesis 6:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,


Genesis 6:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 6:111 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כִּיRelative conjunction
הֵחֵלhēḥēlBore
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy
לָרֹבlārōvTo cast together
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter
יֻלְּדוּyulədûBear young
לָהֶםlāhemTo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כִּיRelative conjunction
הֵחֵלhēḥēlBore
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy
לָרֹבlārōvTo cast together
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
וּבָנוֹתûvānwōtAnd daughter
יֻלְּדוּyulədûBear young
לָהֶםlāhemTo

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