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

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וַיִּרְא֤וּvai.yir.'Uand they saw

Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to see: see

Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 1

בְנֵי\־ve.nei-[the] sons of

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: son: type of

Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 17:27, Exodus 12:43, Leviticus 22:25, Judges 20:13, 1 Samuel 20:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121I; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 2

הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.Him<the> God

Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: God

Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 3

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 4

בְּנ֣וֹתbe.Not[the] daughters of

Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: daughter

Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 5

הָֽאָדָ֔םha.'a.Dam<the> humankind

Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: man

Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 6

כִּ֥יkithat

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 7

טֹבֹ֖תto.Vot[were] good

Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HAafpa)

Meaning: pleasant

Used 384 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 15:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2896A; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 8

הֵ֑נָּהHe.nahthey

Lemma: הֵנָּה (hen.nah) · Strong's: H2007

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Plural (HPp3fp)

Meaning: they(fem.)

Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 21:29, Genesis 33:6, Genesis 41:26, Genesis 41:27, Exodus 1:19, Exodus 9:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2007; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 9

וַיִּקְח֤וּvai.yik.Chuand they took

Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947I

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to take: marry

Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 4:19, Genesis 11:29, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:1, Genesis 25:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3947I; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 10

נָשִׁ֔יםna.Shimwives

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: woman: wife

Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 11

מִכֹּ֖לmi.Kolfrom all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 12

אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhom

Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: which

Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 13

בָּחָֽרוּ\׃ba.Cha.ruthey chose

Lemma: בָּחַר (ba.char) · Strong's: H0977

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to choose

Used 171 times. Also: Genesis 13:11, Exodus 14:7, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 16:5, Numbers 16:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0977; TAHOT Genesis 6:2 word 14

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

the sons	→	בֵּן H1121I son: type of
of God	→	אֱלֹהִים H0430G God
saw	→	רָאָה H7200G to see: see
that	→	כִּי H3588A for
the daughters	→	בַּת H1323G daughter
of men	→	אָדָם H0120G man
[were] beautiful	→	טוֹב H2896A pleasant
and they took	→	לָקַח H3947I to take: marry
as wives	→	אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife
whomever	→	אֲשֶׁר H0834A which
they chose	→	בָּחַר H0977 to choose

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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