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Genesis 11:5-7

5And the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068came downוַיֵּ֣רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381to seeלִרְאֹ֥תlir.'OtH7200the cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892and the towerהַמִּגְדָּ֑לha.mig.DalH4026,which the childrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of menהָאָדָֽם׃ha.'a.DamH120buildedבָּנ֖וּba.NuH1129.

6And the Lordיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Behold, the peopleעַ֤ם'amH5971isoneאֶחָד֙'e.ChadH259,and they have all oneאַחַת֙'a.ChatH259languageוְשָׂפָ֤הve.sa.FahH8193;and this they beginהַחִלָּ֣םha.chi.LamH2490to doלַעֲשׂ֑וֹתla.'a.SotH6213:and now nothingלֹֽא־lo'-H3605 H3808will be restrainedיִבָּצֵ֣רyi.ba.TzerH1219from them, which they have imaginedיָזְמ֖וּya.ze.MuH2161to doלַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃La.'a.SotH6213.

7Go toהָ֚בָהHa.vahH3051,let us go downנֵֽרְדָ֔הne.re.DahH3381,and there confoundוְנָבְלָ֥הve.na.ve.LahH1101their languageשְׂפָתָ֑םse.fa.TamH8193,thatאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834they may not understandיִשְׁמְע֔וּyish.me.'UH8085oneאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376another’sרֵעֵֽהוּ׃re.'E.huH7453speechשְׂפַ֥תse.FatH8193.

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