Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although">5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- Therefore Prep 1) so, therefore, thus 1a) thus, so 1b) just so 1c) therefore 1d) so...as (paired with adv) 1e) then 1f) forasmuch as (in phrase) 1g) (with prep) 1g1) therefore, this being so (specific) 1g2) hitherto 1g3) therefore, on this ground (general) 1g4) afterwards 1g5) in such case adj 2) right, just, honest, true, veritable 2a) right, just, honest 2b) correct 2c) true, veritable 2d) true!, right!, correct! (in assent)">3651 [e] כֵּן֙ kên - Adv 1a) (Qal) to leave 1a1) to depart from, leave behind, leave, let alone 1a2) to leave, abandon, forsake, neglect, apostatise 1a3) to let loose, set free, let go, free 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left to 1b2) to be forsaken 1c) (Pual) to be deserted 2) to restore, repair 2a) (Qal) to repair">5800 [e] יַֽעֲזָב־ ya-‘ă-zāḇ- shall leave V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective)">376 [e] אִ֔ישׁ ’îš, a man N-ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)">1 [e] אָבִ֖יו ’ā-ḇîw his father N-msc | 3ms 853 [e] וְאֶת־ wə-’eṯ- and Conj-w | DirObjM 1a) of humans 1b) of Deborah's relationship to the people (fig.) 1c) of animals 2) point of departure or division">517 [e] אִמּ֑וֹ ’im-mōw; mother N-fsc | 3ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cling, cleave to 1a2) to stay with 1b) (Pual) to be joined together 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to cleave to 1c2) to pursue closely 1c3) to overtake 1d) (Hophal) to be made to cleave">1692 [e] וְדָבַ֣ק wə-ḏā-ḇaq and be joined Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)">802 [e] בְּאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ bə-’iš-tōw, to his wife Prep-b | N-fsc | 3ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone">1961 [e] וְהָי֖וּ wə-hā-yū and they shall become Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp 1a) of the body 1a1) of humans 1a2) of animals 1b) the body itself 1c) male organ of generation (euphemism) 1d) kindred, blood-relations 1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God) 1f) all living things 1g) animals 1h) mankind">1320 [e] לְבָשָׂ֥ר lə-ḇā-śār flesh Prep-l | N-ms 1a) one (number) 1b) each, every 1c) a certain 1d) an (indefinite article) 1e) only, once, once for all 1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one 1g) first 1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)">259 [e] אֶחָֽד׃ ’e-ḥāḏ. one Number-ms

New American Standard Bible
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

King James Bible
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

leave.

Genesis 24:58,59 And they called Rebekah, and said to her, Will you go with this man? …

Genesis 31:14,15 And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion …

Psalm 45:10 Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget also …

cleave.

Leviticus 22:12,13 If the priest's daughter also be married to a stranger, she may not …

Deuteronomy 4:4 But you that did join to the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

Deuteronomy 10:20 You shall fear the LORD your God; him shall you serve, and to him …

Joshua 23:8 But hold to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

Psalm 45:10 Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget also …

Proverbs 12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed …

Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Acts 11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted …

and they shall be one flesh. The LXX. Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Samaritan read, they two; as is also read in several of the Parallel Passages.

Malachi 2:14-16 Yet you say, Why? Because the LORD has been witness between you and …

Matthew 19:3-9 The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, …

Mark 10:6-12 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female…

Romans 7:2 For the woman which has an husband is bound by the law to her husband …

1 Corinthians 6:16,17 What? know you not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? …

1 Corinthians 7:2-4,10 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, …

1 Corinthians 7:11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled …

Ephesians 5:28-31 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves …

1 Timothy 5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house…

1 Peter 3:1-7 Likewise, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, …

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