Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 11:3 Interlinear
“And they said one to another Go to let us make And they had brick and burn them throughly had And they had brick for stone and slime had they for morter”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיֹּֽאמְר֞וּ | H559 | And they said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 2 | אִ֣ישׁ | H376 | one | a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) |
| 3 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 4 | רֵעֵ֗הוּ | H7453 | to another | an associate (more or less close) |
| 5 | הָ֚בָה | H3051 | Go to | to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come |
| 6 | נִלְבְּנָ֣ה | H3835 | let us make | to make bricks |
| 7 | הַלְּבֵנָה֙ | H3843 | And they had brick | a brick (from the whiteness of the clay) |
| 8 | וְנִשְׂרְפָ֖ה | H8313 | and burn | to be (causatively, set) on fire |
| 9 | לִשְׂרֵפָ֑ה | H8316 | them throughly | cremation |
| 10 | הָיָ֥ה | H1961 | had | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
| 11 | לָהֶ֤ם | H0 | ||
| 12 | הַלְּבֵנָה֙ | H3843 | And they had brick | a brick (from the whiteness of the clay) |
| 13 | לְאָ֔בֶן | H68 | for stone | a stone |
| 14 | וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר | H2564 | and slime | bitumen (as rising to the surface) |
| 15 | הָיָ֥ה | H1961 | had | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) |
| 16 | לָהֶ֖ם | H0 | ||
| 17 | לַחֹֽמֶר׃ | H2563 | they for morter | properly, a bubbling up, i.e., of water, a wave; hence, a chomer or dry measure |
Verse Context
Genesis 11:2 And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east that they found a plain in the land...
Genesis 11:3 (current)And they said one to another Go to let us make And they had brick and burn them throughly had And they had brick for stone and slime had they for morter
Genesis 11:4And they said Go to let us build us a city and a tower...