Genesis 6:2:3Gen.6.2.W3TAB
אֶת־בְּנ֣וֹת
etbenot
“the daughters of”
- Transliteration
- et-be-NOT
- Extended
- eht-beh-NOHT
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.bə.ˈnoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the daughters of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
et-be-NOT
- phraseyour reading level
et-be-NOT ha-a-DAM
- clause
va-yir-U ve-nei-ha-e-lo-HIM et-be-NOT ha-a-DAM KI to-VOT HEN-na
- sentence
va-yir-U ve-nei-ha-e-lo-HIM et-be-NOT ha-a-DAM KI to-VOT HEN-na va-yik-KHU la-HEM na-SHIM mi-KOL a-SHER ba-kha-RU
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} introduces benot ha'adam {בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם | bə-nôṯ hā-ʾā-ḏām} ‘daughters of humanity’, and the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} launches the evaluation clause with tovot henna {טֹבֹת הֵנָּה | ṭō-ḇōṯ hēn-nāh} ‘that they were beautiful’.
Root and etymology
Rootb-n-h
“to build, make a family”
In context — Genesis 6:2
Then the sons of God noticed that the daughters of mankind were beautiful , and they took for themselves wives from any whom they chose.
About this coordinate
Genesis 6:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 6:2, so the Hebrew word אֶת־בְּנ֣וֹת (etbenot) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.6.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.6.2.W3.S1) and character.