Genesis 8:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

וַיָּרַחwayāraḥAnd blow

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

רֵיחַrêḥaOdor

הַנִּיחֹחַhanîḥōḥaThe restful

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶלʾelNear

לִבּוֹlibwōHeart

לֹאlōʾNot

אֹסִףʾōsip̄Add

לְקַלֵּלləqalēlTo be

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

אֶתʾet—

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

בַּעֲבוּרbaʿăvûrIn crossed

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יֵצֶרyēṣerForm

לֵבlēvHeart

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

רַעraʿBad

מִנְּעֻרָיוminəʿurāywFrom youth

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

אֹסִףʾōsip̄Add

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

לְהַכּוֹתləhakwōtTo strike

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

חַיḥayAlive

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

עָשִׂיתִיʿāśîtîDo

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּרַחwayāraḥAnd blow

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

רֵיחַrêḥaOdor

הַנִּיחֹחַhanîḥōḥaThe restful

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶלʾelNear

לִבּוֹlibwōHeart

לֹאlōʾNot

אֹסִףʾōsip̄Add

לְקַלֵּלləqalēlTo be

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

בַּעֲבוּרbaʿăvûrIn crossed

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יֵצֶרyēṣerForm

לֵבlēvHeart

הָאָדָםhāʾādāmThe ruddy

רַעraʿBad

מִנְּעֻרָיוminəʿurāywFrom youth

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

אֹסִףʾōsip̄Add

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

לְהַכּוֹתləhakwōtTo strike

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

חַיḥayAlive

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

עָשִׂיתִיʿāśîtîDo

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