Revised Version 1895

Genesis 11:7-9

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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