Genesis 6:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.”

Genesis 6:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 6:215 words

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

בְנֵיvənêSon

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

אֶתʾet—

בְּנוֹתbənwōtDaughter

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

טֹבֹתṭōvōtGood

הֵנָּהhēnāhThemselves

וַיִּקְחוּwayiqəḥûAnd take

לָהֶםlāhemTo

נָשִׁיםnāšîmWoman

מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בָּחָרוּbāḥārûTry

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

בְנֵיvənêSon

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בְּנוֹתbənwōtDaughter

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

טֹבֹתṭōvōtGood

הֵנָּהhēnāhThemselves

וַיִּקְחוּwayiqəḥûAnd take

לָהֶםlāhemTo

נָשִׁיםnāšîmWoman

מִכֹּלmikōlFrom whole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בָּחָרוּbāḥārûTry

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