Genesis 11:3
They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.This verse in the real world
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- חֵמָרchêmârbitumen (as rising to the surface)
- לָבַןlâbanto be (or become) white; to make bricks
- לְבֵנָהlᵉbênâha brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
- שְׂרֵפָהsᵉrêphâhcremation
- יָהַבyâhabto give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come
- הָיָהhâyâhto exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxil
- שָׂרַףsâraphto be (causatively, set) on fire
- רֵעַrêaʻan associate (more or less close)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.