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Genesis 11:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.


Genesis 11:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 11:17 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כָלḵālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
שָׂפָהśāp̄āhLip
אֶחָתʾeḥātUnited
וּדְבָרִיםûdəvārîmAnd word
אֲחָדִיםʾăḥādîmUnited
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כָלḵālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
שָׂפָהśāp̄āhLip
אֶחָתʾeḥātUnited
וּדְבָרִיםûdəvārîmAnd word
אֲחָדִיםʾăḥādîmUnited

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