Genesis 11:4
They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”This verse in the real world
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- יָהַבyâhabto give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come
- מִגְדָּלmigdâla tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed
- פּוּץpûwtsto dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
- בָּנָהbânâhto build (literally and figuratively)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- רֹאשׁrôʼshthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of
- שֵׁםshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, ch
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.