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Genesis 6:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.


Genesis 6:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 6:515 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֣רְאwayarəʾ
and he sawconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כִּ֥יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
רַבָּ֛הrabāh
was greatadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
רָעַ֥תrāʿat
the evil ofnounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
הָ/אָדָ֖םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
בָּ/אָ֑רֶץbāʾāreṣ
on the earthpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וְ/כָלwəkāl
and everyconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
יֵ֨צֶר֙yēṣer
inclination ofnounH3336
thing framed · imagination · mind · work
מַחְשְׁבֹ֣תmaḥəšəbōt
the thoughts ofnounH4284
curious work · device · imagination · invented ···
לִבּ֔/וֹlibwō
heart hisnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
רַ֥קraq
onlyparticleH7535
even · except · howbeit howsoever · at the least ···
רַ֖עraʿ
was eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
כָּלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/יּֽוֹםhaywōm
dayparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
Words 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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Adam SmithNote2mo ago
The Wickedness Was Great
Before the flood, the text says human wickedness was great and every inclination of the human heart was only evil continually. That's a bleak assessment. I don't read it as saying humans are essentia...
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