Genesis 6:4 — King James Version← Study notes
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”
Genesis 6:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 6:423 words
הַנְּפִלִיםhanəp̄ilîmThe feller
הָיוּhāyûExist
בָאָרֶץvāʾāreṣIn earth
בַּיָּמִיםbayāmîmIn day
הָהֵםhāhēmThe they
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
כֵןḵēnSet upright
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָבֹאוּyāvōʾûGo
בְּנֵיbənêSon
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
אֶלʾelNear
בְּנוֹתbənwōtDaughter
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy
וְיָלְדוּwəyālədûAnd bear young
לָהֶםlāhemTo
הֵמָּהhēmāhThey
הַגִּבֹּרִיםhagibōrîmThe powerful
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
מֵעוֹלָםmēʿwōlāmFrom concealed
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
הַשֵּׁםhašēmThe appellation
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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