KJV: Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
YLT: Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take for your sons wives, and your daughters give to husbands, and they bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and ye are not few;
Darby: Take wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and be not diminished.
ASV: Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.
קְח֣וּ | Take |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away. |
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נָשִׁ֗ים | wives |
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: אִשָּׁה Sense: woman, wife, female. |
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וְהוֹלִידוּ֮ | and beget |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural Root: יָלַד Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail. |
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בָּנִ֣ים | sons |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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וּבָנוֹת֒ | and daughters |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural Root: בַּת Sense: daughter. |
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וּקְח֨וּ | and take |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away. |
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לִבְנֵיכֶ֜ם | for your sons |
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group. |
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נָשִׁ֗ים | wives |
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: אִשָּׁה Sense: woman, wife, female. |
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בְּנֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ | your daughters |
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine plural Root: בַּת Sense: daughter. |
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תְּנ֣וּ | give |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural Root: יָתַן Sense: to give, put, set. |
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לַֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים | to husbands |
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural Root: אֱנׄושׁ Sense: man, mortal man, person, mankind. |
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וְתֵלַ֖דְנָה | so that they may bear |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person feminine plural Root: יָלַד Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail. |
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וּבָנ֑וֹת | and daughters |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural Root: בַּת Sense: daughter. |
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וּרְבוּ־ | that you may be increased |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural Root: הַרְבָּה Sense: be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous. |
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וְאַל־ | and not |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb Root: אַל Sense: not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference). |
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תִּמְעָֽטוּ | diminished |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural Root: מָעַט Sense: to be or become small, be few, be diminished. |