GEN 11:5 Interlinear View

1. Hebrew word
2. Hebrew lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strongs
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. וַ,יֵּרֶד
2. 6210,6211
3. And he/it descended
4. Then
5. 3381
6. v-C,Vqw3ms
7. and=he/it_descended
8. S
9. Y-2247; ELanguages_are_confused_at_Babel; TTower_of_Babel
10. 4323
1. יְהוָה
2. 6212
3. YHWH
4. Yahweh
5. 3068
6. s-Np
7. Yahweh
8. -
9. -
10. 4324
1. לִ,רְאֹת
2. 6213,6214
3. for seeing
4. -
5. 7200
6. v-R,Vqc
7. for=seeing
8. -
9. -
10. 4325
1. אֶת
2. 6215
3. DOM
4. -
5. 853
6. -To
7. DOM
8. -
9. -
10. 4326
2. 6216
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 4327
1. הָ,עִיר
2. 6217,6218
3. the city
4. city
6. -Td,Ncfsa
7. the=city
8. -
9. -
10. 4328
1. וְ,אֶת
2. 6219,6220
3. and DOM
4. and
5. 853
6. -C,To
7. and=\untr DOM\untr*
8. -
9. -
10. 4329
2. 6221
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 4330
1. הַ,מִּגְדָּל
2. 6222,6223
3. the tower
4. tower
5. 4026
6. -Td,Ncbsa
7. the=tower
8. -
9. -
10. 4331
1. אֲשֶׁר
2. 6224
3. which
4. -
6. -Tr
7. which
8. -
9. -
10. 4332
1. בָּנוּ
2. 6225
3. they had built
4. -
5. 1129
6. v-Vqp3cp
7. they_had_built
8. -
9. -
10. 4333
1. בְּנֵי
2. 6226
3. the children
4. -
6. -Ncmpc
7. the_children
8. -
9. -
10. 4334
1. הָ,אָדָם
2. 6227,6228
3. the humankind
4. humans
5. 120
6. -Td,Ncmsa
7. the=humankind
8. -
9. -
10. 4335
2. 6229
3. -
4. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 4336

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יֵּ֣רֶד יְהוָ֔ה

and=he/it_descended YHWH

Alternate translation: “Then one day Yahweh came down from heaven”

לִ⁠רְאֹ֥ת אֶת הָ⁠עִ֖יר

for=seeing DOM the=city

The text implies that Yahweh actually looked at the city. Consider whether or not it is better in your language to make that explicit here. Alternate translation: “and inspected the city”

וְ⁠אֶת הַ⁠מִּגְדָּ֑ל

and=DOM the=tower

See how you translated this word in verse 4.

בָּנ֖וּ

they_had_built

Make sure the way you translate this verb fits with the fact that the people had not yet finished building the city (verse 8). Alternate translation: “had started building.”

TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

11:5 came down: The tower was a human attempt to ascend to God’s realm (see Deut 26:15; Pss 2:4; 103:19; 115:16). The folly of that attempt was exposed by God’s “coming down” to see their feeble efforts.

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strongs
4. Hebrew word
5. Hebrew lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. Gloss
8. CAPS codes
9. OET tags
10. OET word #
1. And he/it descended
2. Then
3. 1814,3062
5. 6210,6211
6. v-C,Vqw3ms
8. S
9. Y-2247; ELanguages_are_confused_at_Babel; TTower_of_Babel
10. 4323
1. YHWH
2. Yahweh
3. 3105
5. 6212
6. s-Np
8. -
9. -
10. 4324
1. for seeing
2. -
3. 3430,6742
5. 6213,6214
6. v-R,Vqc
8. -
9. -
10. 4325
1. DOM
2. -
3. 350
5. 6215
6. -To
8. -
9. -
10. 4326
1. the city
2. city
3. 1723,5289
5. 6217,6218
6. -Td,Ncfsa
8. -
9. -
10. 4328
1. and DOM
2. and
3. 1814,350
5. 6219,6220
6. -C,To
8. -
9. -
10. 4329
1. the tower
2. tower
3. 1723,3741
5. 6222,6223
6. -Td,Ncbsa
8. -
9. -
10. 4331
1. which
2. -
3. 247
5. 6224
6. -Tr
8. -
9. -
10. 4332
1. they had built
2. -
3. 1088
5. 6225
6. v-Vqp3cp
8. -
9. -
10. 4333
1. the children
2. -
3. 959
5. 6226
6. -Ncmpc
8. -
9. -
10. 4334
1. the humankind
2. humans
3. 1723,630
5. 6227,6228
6. -Td,Ncmsa
8. -
9. -
10. 4335

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

OET interlinear GEN 11:5

Hebrew word order

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)