Genesis 6:7 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.”
Genesis 6:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 6:722 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶמְחֶהʾeməḥehStroke
אֶתʾet—
הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בָּרָאתִיbārāʾtîCreate
מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above
פְּנֵיpənêFace
הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil
מֵאָדָםmēʾādāmFrom ruddy
עַדʿadAs far
בְּהֵמָהbəhēmāhDumb
עַדʿadAs far
רֶמֶשׂremeśReptile
וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far
עוֹףʿwōp̄Bird
הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
נִחַמְתִּיniḥamətîSigh
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
עֲשִׂיתִםʿăśîtimDo
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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