Genesis 11:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.”
Genesis 11:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 11:317 words
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אִישׁʾîšMan
אֶלʾelNear
רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate
הָבָהhāvāhGive
נִלְבְּנָהniləbənāhBe
לְבֵנִיםləvēnîmBrick
וְנִשְׂרְפָהwəniśərəp̄āhAnd be
לִשְׂרֵפָהliśərēp̄āhTo cremation
וַתְּהִיwatəhîAnd exist
לָהֶםlāhemTo
הַלְּבֵנָהhaləvēnāhThe brick
לְאָבֶןləʾāvenTo stone
וְהַחֵמָרwəhaḥēmārAnd the bitumen
הָיָהhāyāhExist
לָהֶםlāhemTo
לַחֹמֶרlaḥōmerTo bubbling
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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