and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)כִּֽי
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedהֵחֵ֣ל
châlal
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 (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)הָֽאָדָ֔ם
ʼâdâm
the — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)לָרֹ֖ב
râbab
to/for — properly, to cast together , i.e. increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriadעַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsפְּנֵ֣י
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה
ʼădâmâh
the — soil (from its general redness)וּבָנ֖וֹת
bath
and — a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)יֻלְּד֥וּ
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineageלָהֶֽם
le-
to/for them/their
Genesis 6:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3
Now it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
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