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 6:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 6:515 words

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

רַבָּהrabāhAbundant

רָעַתrāʿatBad

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole

יֵצֶרyēṣerForm

מַחְשְׁבֹתmaḥəšəvōtContrivance

לִבּוֹlibwōHeart

רַקraqLeanness

רַעraʿBad

כָּלkālWhole

הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

רַבָּהrabāhAbundant

רָעַתrāʿatBad

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole

יֵצֶרyēṣerForm

מַחְשְׁבֹתmaḥəšəvōtContrivance

לִבּוֹlibwōHeart

רַקraqLeanness

רַעraʿBad

כָּלkālWhole

הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day

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