Genesis 11:4⥂
KJV:
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
BSB:
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Hebrew:
וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ הָ֣בָה׀ נִבְנֶה־ לָּ֣נוּ עִ֗יר וּמִגְדָּל֙ וְרֹאשׁ֣וֹ בַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־ לָּ֖נוּ שֵׁ֑ם פֶּן־ נָפ֖וּץ עַל־ פְּנֵ֥י כָל־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
Topics:
AMBITION • BABEL • BABYLON • CONFIDENCE • CONFUSION • DISPERSION • FALSE CONFIDENCE • LANGUAGE • MIRACLES • PRESUMPTION • TONGUE • TOWER
LXX:
Greek Text
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| Translation | Hebrew/Aramaic | Transliteration [morphology] | Texts |
|---|---|---|---|
| and they said | וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ | vaHc i.yo.me.RuHVqw3mp | L |
| give ! | הָ֣בָה׀ | Ha.vaHVqv2ms hHSh | L |
| let us build | נִבְנֶה־ | niv.neh-HVqi1cp | L |
| for <the> ourselves | לָּ֣נוּ | La.HRd nuHSp1bp | L |
| a city | עִ֗יר | 'IrHNcfsa | L |
| and a tower | וּמִגְדָּל֙ | u.HC mig.DalHNcmsa | L |
| and top its | וְרֹאשׁ֣וֹ | ve.HC ro.ShHNcmsc oHSp3ms | L |
| [will be] in the heavens | בַשָּׁמַ֔יִם | va.HRd sha.Ma.yimHNcmpa | L |
| and we may make | וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־ | ve.HC na.'a.seh-HVqu1cp | L |
| for <the> ourselves | לָּ֖נוּ | La.HRd nuHSp1bp | L |
| a name | שֵׁ֑ם | ShemHNcmsa | L |
| lest | פֶּן־ | pen-HTc | L |
| we should be scattered | נָפ֖וּץ | na.FutzHVqi1cp | L |
| over | עַל־ | 'al-HR | L |
| [the] surface of | פְּנֵ֥י | pe.NeiHNcmpc | L |
| all | כָל־ | khol-HNcmsc | L |
| the earth | הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | ha.HTd 'A.retzHNcfsa | L |
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