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Genesis 6:1 Interlinear

“ began And it came to pass when men to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born ”

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Genesis 6 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַֽיְהִי֙	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	כִּֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
3	הֵחֵ֣ל	H2490	began	properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
4	הָֽאָדָ֔ם	H120	And it came to pass when men	ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
5	לָרֹ֖ב	H7231	to multiply	properly, to cast together , i.e., increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad
6	עַל	H5921	on	above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7	פְּנֵ֣י	H6440	the face	the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
8	הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה	H127	of the earth	soil (from its general redness)
9	וּבָנ֖וֹת	H1323	and daughters	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
10	יֻלְּד֥וּ	H3205	were born	to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
11	לָהֶֽם׃	H0

Genesis 6:1 (current) began And it came to pass when men to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born