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Genesis 11:6 Interlinear

said And the LORD Behold the people and they have all one language and they have all one and this they begin to do and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2יְהוָ֗הH3068And the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
3הֵ֣ןH2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
4עַ֤םH5971Behold the peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
5אַחַת֙H259and they have all oneproperly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first
6וְשָׂפָ֤הH8193languagethe lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
7אַחַת֙H259and they have all oneproperly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first
8לְכֻלָּ֔םH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
9וְזֶ֖הH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
10הַֽחִלָּ֣םH2490and this they beginproperly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
11לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃H6213to doto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
12וְעַתָּה֙H6258at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
13לֹֽאH3808and now nothingnot (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
14יִבָּצֵ֣רH1219will be restrainedto gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e., inaccessible by height or fortification)
15מֵהֶ֔םH1992they (only used when emphatic)
16כֹּ֛לH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
17אֲשֶׁ֥רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
18יָֽזְמ֖וּH2161from them which they have imaginedto plan, usually in a bad sense
19לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃H6213to doto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

Verse Context

Genesis 11:5came down And the LORD to see the city ...
Genesis 11:6 (current)said And the LORD Behold the people and they have all one language and they have all one and this they begin to do and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do
Genesis 11:7Go to let us go down and there confound speech that...

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