Genesis 11:5
Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.This verse in the real world
When
Who
In what words
- מִגְדָּלmigdâla tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed
- יָרַדyâradto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore,
- אָדָםʼâdâmruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
- רָאָהrâʼâhto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitiv
- בֵּןbêna son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative re
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 33:13–14, Gen 18:21, Jhn 3:13, Heb 4:13, Jer 23:23–24, Exo 19:11, Psa 11:4, Exo 19:20