Revised Version 1895

Genesis 11:3-9

3And theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֞וּvai.yo.me.RuH559one toanotherרֵעֵ֗הוּre.'E.huH7453,Goוַתְּהִ֨יva.te.HiH1961to,letהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961usאֶל־'el-H413makeנִלְבְּנָ֣הnil.be.NahH3835brickלְבֵנִ֔יםle.ve.NimH3843, andburnוְנִשְׂרְפָ֖הve.nis.re.FahH8313them throughly. And they hadbrickהַלְּבֵנָה֙ha.le.ve.NahH3843forstoneלְאָ֔בֶןle.'A.venH68, and slime had they for mortar.

4And theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֞וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, Go to, letusH5921buildנִבְנֶה־niv.neh-H1129usH5921acityעִ֗יר'IrH5892, and atowerוּמִגְדָּל֙u.mig.DalH4026,whoseH3605topוְרֹאשׁ֣וֹve.ro.ShoH7218may reach untoheavenבַשָּׁמַ֔יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and letusH5921makeוְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־ve.na.'a.seh-H6213usH5921anameשֵׁ֑םShemH8034;lestפֶּן־pen-H6435weH6435bescatteredנָפ֖וּץna.FutzH6327abroaduponH5921thefaceפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440of thewholeH3605earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

5And theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068cameH3381downוַיֵּ֣רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381toseeלִרְאֹ֥תlir.'OtH7200thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892and thetowerהַמִּגְדָּ֑לha.mig.DalH4026,whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofmenהָאָדָֽם׃ha.'a.DamH120builded.

6And theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Beholdהֵ֣ןhenH2005, they are onepeopleעַ֤ם'amH5971, and they haveallH3605onelanguageוְשָׂפָ֤הve.sa.FahH8193; and this iswhatH834theybeginהַחִלָּ֣םha.chi.LamH2490todoלַעֲשׂ֑וֹתla.'a.SotH6213: andnowוְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.TahH6258nothingלֹֽא־lo'-H3808will be withholden from them,whichH834theypurposeוְזֶ֖הve.ZehH2088todoלַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃La.'a.SotH6213.

7Goנֵֽרְדָ֔הne.re.DahH3381to,letH3381usהָ֚בָהHa.vahH3051goH3381downH3381, and there confound theirlanguageשְׂפָתָ֑םse.fa.TamH8193, that they maynotלֹ֣אlo'H3808understandיִשְׁמְע֔וּyish.me.'UH8085oneanother’sרֵעֵֽהוּ׃re.'E.huH7453speechשְׂפַ֥תse.FatH8193.

8SoH6440theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068scatteredוַיָּ֨פֶץvai.Ya.fetzH6327them abroad from thenceuponH5921thefaceH6440ofallכָל־khol-H3605theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: and theyleftמִשָּׁ֖םmi.ShamH8033offH5921tobuildלִבְנֹ֥תliv.NotH1129thecityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

9Therefore was thenameשְׁמָהּ֙she.MahH8034of itcalledקָרָ֤אka.Ra'H7121Babelבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894;becauseכִּי־ki-H3588theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068didH3651there confound thelanguageשְׂפַ֣תse.FatH8193ofallכָּל־kol-H3605theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: and from thencedidH3651theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068scatterהֱפִיצָ֣םhe.fi.TzamH6327them abroaduponH5921thefaceפְּנֵ֖יpe.NeiH6440ofallכָּל־kol-H3605theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ פha.'A.retzH776.

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