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Genesis 11:7-9

7Comeהָ֚בָהHa.vahH3051, let us godownנֵֽרְדָ֔הne.re.DahH3381, and thereconfoundוְנָבְלָ֥הve.na.ve.LahH1101theirlanguageשְׂפָתָ֑םse.fa.TamH8193,thatאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834they may notunderstandיִשְׁמְע֔וּyish.me.'UH8085oneאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376another’sרֵעֵֽהוּ׃re.'E.huH7453speechשְׂפַ֥תse.FatH8193.

8So theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068scattered themabroadוַיָּ֨פֶץvai.Ya.fetzH6327fromthereמִשָּׁ֖םmi.ShamH8033upon thefaceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440of all theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: and theystoppedוַֽיַּחְדְּל֖וּvai.yach.de.LuH2308buildingלִבְנֹ֥תliv.NotH1129thecityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

9Therefore is the name ofitשְׁמָהּ֙she.MahH8034calledקָרָ֤אka.Ra'H7121Babelבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894; because theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068thereconfoundedבָּלַ֥לba.LalH1101thelanguageשְׂפַ֣תse.FatH8193of all theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: and from theredidH6327theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068scatter themabroadH6327upon thefaceפְּנֵ֖יpe.NeiH6440of all theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ פha.'A.retzH776.

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