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Genesis 11:4-9

4AndtheysaidH559,Comeon, letusbuildנִבְנֶה־niv.neh-H1129ourselvesacityעִ֗יר'IrH5892andatowerוּמִגְדָּל֙u.mig.DalH4026,thetopוְרֹאשׁ֣וֹve.ro.ShoH7218ofwhich [mayreach]totheheavensבַשָּׁמַ֔יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064;andletusmakeוְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־ve.na.'a.seh-H6213ourselvesanameשֵׁ֑םShemH8034,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435webescatteredנָפ֖וּץna.FutzH6327overthefaceH6440ofthewholeearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

5AndJehovahcameH3381downוַיֵּ֣רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381toseeלִרְאֹ֥תlir.'OtH7200thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892andthetowerהַמִּגְדָּ֑לha.mig.DalH4026whichthechildrenofmenH120builtH1129.

6AndJehovahsaidH559,Behold,thepeopleעַ֤ם'amH5971isoneאֶחָד֙'e.ChadH259,andhavealloneאַחַת֙'a.ChatH259languageוְשָׂפָ֤הve.sa.FahH8193;andthishavetheybegunH2490todo.Andnowוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258willtheybehinderedinnothingthattheymeditatedoing.

7ComeH3381,letusgoנֵֽרְדָ֔הne.re.DahH3381down,andthereconfoundtheirlanguageH8193,thattheymaynotunderstandoneH376another'sspeech.

8AndJehovahscatteredוַיָּ֨פֶץvai.Ya.fetzH6327themthenceoverthefaceH6440ofthewholeearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776.Andtheyleftoffbuildingלִבְנֹ֥תliv.NotH1129thecityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

9ThereforeH3651wasitsnameשְׁמָהּ֙she.MahH8034calledקָרָ֤אka.Ra'H7121Babel;becauseJehovahthereconfoundedthelanguageשְׂפַ֣תse.FatH8193ofthewholeearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776.AndJehovahscatteredהֱפִיצָ֣םhe.fi.TzamH6327themthenceoverthefaceH6440ofthewholeearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ פha.'A.retzH776.

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