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Genesis 11:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.


Genesis 11:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 11:317 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֞וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
eachnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
רֵעֵ֗/הוּrēʿēhw
neighbor hisnounH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
הָ֚בָ/הhābāh
give !verbH3051
bring · come on · give · go ···
נִלְבְּנָ֣הniləbənāh
let us make bricksverbH3835
be (made · make) white
לְבֵנִ֔יםləbēniym
bricksnounH3843
tile
וְ/נִשְׂרְפָ֖הwəniśərəpāh
and let us burn themconjH8313
make a) burn · up) kindle · utterly
לִ/שְׂרֵפָ֑הliśərēpāh
to burningpronH8316
וַ/תְּהִ֨יwatəhiy
and becameconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ/הֶ֤םlāhem
pron
הַ/לְּבֵנָה֙haləbēnāh
brickparticleH3843
tile
לְ/אָ֔בֶןləʾāben
to stonepronH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
וְ/הַ֣/חֵמָ֔רwəhaḥēmār
and bitumenconjH2564
הָיָ֥הhāyāh
becameverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ/הֶ֖םlāhem
pron
לַ/חֹֽמֶרlaḥōmer
to mortarpronH2563
heap · homer · mire · motion
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Aisha MbekiNote2mo ago
Brick for Stone, Bitumen for Mortar
The Babel builders use bricks and bitumen - materials they've made, not natural materials. They're building with human manufacture, not God's creation. I notice the specific materials. They're replac...
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