“And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.”
Genesis 11:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 11:619 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הֵ֣ןhēn
here!particleH2005
if · lo · though
עַ֤םʿam
a peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
אֶחָד֙ʾeḥād
oneadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
וְ/שָׂפָ֤הwəśāpāh
and a languageconjH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
אַחַת֙ʾaḥat
oneadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
לְ/כֻלָּ֔/םləkulām
belongs to all of thempronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
וְ/זֶ֖הwəzeh
and thisconjH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הַחִלָּ֣/םhaḥilām
is beginning theyverbH2490
defile · break · defile · eat ···
לַ/עֲשׂ֑וֹתlaʿăśwōt
to dopronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וְ/עַתָּה֙wəʿatāh
and nowconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִבָּצֵ֣רyibāṣēr
it will be withheldverbH1219
fenced · fortify · gather · mighty things ···
מֵ/הֶ֔םmēhem
pron
כֹּ֛לkōl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יָזְמ֖וּyāzəmw
they will planverbH2161
devise · imagine · plot · purpose ···
לַֽ/עֲשֽׂוֹתlaʿăśwōt
to dopronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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