Genesis 11:6 — King James Version← Study notes
“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
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
הֵןhēnLo!
עַםʿamPeople
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
וְשָׂפָהwəśāp̄āhAnd lip
אַחַתʾaḥatUnited
לְכֻלָּםləḵulāmTo whole
וְזֶהwəzehAnd this
הַחִלָּםhaḥilāmBore
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
לֹאlōʾNot
יִבָּצֵרyibāṣērGather grapes
מֵהֶםmēhemFrom
כֹּלkōlWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָזְמוּyāzəmûPlan
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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