“And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.”
Genesis 8:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 8:2132 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּ֣רַחwayāraḥ
and he smelledconjH7306
smell · touch · make of quick understanding
יְהוָה֮yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
רֵ֣יחַrēyḥa
the odor ofnounH7381
scent · smell
הַ/נִּיחֹחַ֒haniyḥōḥa
soothingparticleH5207
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֜הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
לִבּ֗/וֹlibwō
heart hisnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֹ֠סִףʾōsip
I will repeatverbH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
לְ/קַלֵּ֨לləqalēl
to cursepronH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
ע֤וֹדʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָֽ/אֲדָמָה֙hāʾădāmāh
the groundparticleH127
earth · ground · husband · land
בַּ/עֲב֣וּרbaʿăbwr
for sake ofpronH5668
for · that · to
הָֽ/אָדָ֔םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
כִּ֠יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יֵ֣צֶרyēṣer
the inclination ofnounH3336
thing framed · imagination · mind · work
לֵ֧בlēb
the heart ofnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
הָ/אָדָ֛םhāʾādām
humankindparticleH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
רַ֖עraʿ
is eviladjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
מִ/נְּעֻרָ֑י/וminəʿurāyw
since youth hispronH5271
youth
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֹסִ֥ףʾōsip
I will repeatverbH3254
again · any more · cease · come more ···
ע֛וֹדʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
לְ/הַכּ֥וֹתləhakwōt
to strike downpronH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
חַ֖יḥay
living thingadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
כַּֽ/אֲשֶׁ֥רkaʾăšer
just aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
עָשִֽׂיתִיʿāśiytiy
I have doneverbH6213
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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