Genesis 11:9
Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.This verse in the real world
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- בָּלַלbâlalto overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; to fodder
- פּוּץpûwtsto dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
- שָׂפָהsâphâhthe lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vess
- בָּבֶלBâbelBabel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
- קָרָאqârâʼto call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications
- שֵׁםshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, ch
- פָּנִיםpânîymthe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and
- אֶרֶץʼeretsthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Gen 10:5, Gen 10:10, Gen 10:20, Act 17:26, 1Co 14:23, Gen 10:25, Jer 50:1–46, Gen 10:31–32