Genesis 11:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.”

Genesis 11:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 11:511 words

וַיֵּרֶדwayēredAnd descend

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לִרְאֹתlirəʾōtTo see

אֶתʾet—

הָעִירhāʿîrThe city

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַמִּגְדָּלhamigədālThe tower

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בָּנוּbānûBuild

בְּנֵיbənêSon

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּרֶדwayēredAnd descend

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לִרְאֹתlirəʾōtTo see

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעִירhāʿîrThe city

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַמִּגְדָּלhamigədālThe tower

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בָּנוּbānûBuild

בְּנֵיbənêSon

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

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