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width="20%">Translit</td><td class="top" width="20%">Hebrew</td><td class="top" width="25%">English</td><td class="top" width="18%">Morph</td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, be">1961</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1961 -- Occurrence 60 of 3561">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/vayhi_1961.htm" title="way·hî: came -- Occurrence 28 of 781.">way-hî</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וַֽיְהִי֙</td><td class="eng" valign="top">And it came to pass</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb">Verb</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3588: that, for, when">3588</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3588 -- Occurrence 30 of 4481">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/ki_3588.htm" title="kî-: when -- Occurrence 29 of 4334.">kî-</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">כִּֽי־</td><td class="eng" valign="top">when</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Conjunction">Conj</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 2490: to bore, pierce">2490</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 2490 -- Occurrence 2 of 143">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/hechel_2490.htm" title="hê·ḥêl: began -- Occurrence 1 of 19.">hê-ḥêl</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">הֵחֵ֣ל</td><td class="eng" valign="top">began</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb">Verb</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 120: man, mankind">120</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 120 -- Occurrence 29 of 552">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/haadam_120.htm" title="hā·’ā·ḏām,: men -- Occurrence 22 of 136.">hā-’ā-ḏām,</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">הָֽאָדָ֔ם</td><td class="eng" valign="top">men</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun">Noun</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/7231.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 7231: to be or become many or much">7231</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7231.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 7231 -- Occurrence 1 of 13">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/laro_7231.htm" title="lā·rōḇ: to multiply -- Occurrence 1 of 1.">lā-rōḇ</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לָרֹ֖ב</td><td class="eng" valign="top">to multiply</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb">Verb</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 5921: upon, above, over">5921</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 5921 -- Occurrence 19 of 5778">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/al_5921.htm" title="‘al-: on -- Occurrence 17 of 3469.">‘al-</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">עַל־</td><td class="eng" valign="top">on</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Prepostion">Prep</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 6440: face, faces">6440</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 6440 -- Occurrence 12 of 2128">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/penei_6440.htm" title="pə·nê: the face -- Occurrence 7 of 266.">pə-nê</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">פְּנֵ֣י</td><td class="eng" valign="top">the face</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun">Noun</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 127: ground, land">127</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 127 -- Occurrence 17 of 225">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/haadamah_127.htm" title="hā·’ă·ḏā·māh;: of the land -- Occurrence 16 of 113.">hā-’ă-ḏā-māh;</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה</td><td class="eng" valign="top">of the earth</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun">Noun</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 1323: daughter">1323</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 1323 -- Occurrence 10 of 589">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/uvanot_1323.htm" title="ū·ḇā·nō·wṯ: and daughters -- Occurrence 10 of 32.">ū-ḇā-nō-wṯ</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">וּבָנ֖וֹת</td><td class="eng" valign="top">and daughers</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Noun">Noun</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="Strong's Hebrew 3205: to bear, bring forth, beget">3205</a></span> <span class="strongs"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm" title="Englishman's Hebrew: 3205 -- Occurrence 41 of 497">[e]</a></span></td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/hebrew/yulledu_3205.htm" title="yul·lə·ḏū: were born -- Occurrence 1 of 5.">yul-lə-ḏū</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">יֻלְּד֥וּ</td><td class="eng" valign="top">were born</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Verb">Verb</a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="strongsnt" valign="top"><span class="strongs"> </span> </td><td class="translit" valign="top"><a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm" title="lā·hem.">lā-hem.</a></td><td class="hebrew2" valign="top">לָהֶֽם׃</td><td class="eng" valign="top">to them</td><td class="pos" valign="top"><span class="pos"><a href="/hebrewparse.htm" title="Prepostion">Prep</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><div class="vheading2">Hebrew Texts</div><div align="right"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wlc/genesis/6.htm">בראשית 6:1 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex</a><br></span><span class="heb">וַֽיְהִי֙ כִּֽי־הֵחֵ֣ל הָֽאָדָ֔ם לָרֹ֖ב עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה וּבָנֹ֖ות יֻלְּד֥וּ לָהֶֽם׃</span><p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wlco/genesis/6.htm">בראשית 6:1 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)</a><br></span><span class="heb">ויהי כי־החל האדם לרב על־פני האדמה ובנות ילדו להם׃</span></div><div class="jmp"><a href="/texts/genesis/6-1.htm">Additional Parallel Hebrew</a></div><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/genesis/6-1.htm">Genesis 6:1</a> • <a href="/text/genesis/6-1.htm">Genesis 6:1 Text Analysis</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/6-1.htm">Genesis 6:1 Interlinear</a> • <a href="/multi/genesis/6-1.htm">Genesis 6:1 Multilingual</a> • <a href="/tsk/genesis/6-1.htm">Genesis 6:1 TSK</a> • <a href="/crossref/genesis/6-1.htm">Genesis 6:1 Cross References</a> • <a href="//biblehub.com/genesis/6-1.htm">Genesis 6:1 Bible Hub</a> • <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/6-1.htm">Genesis 6:1 Biblia Paralela</a> • <a 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