Genesis 11:4 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”
Genesis 11:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 11:417 words
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
הָבָהhāvāhGive
נִבְנֶהnivənehBuild
לָּנוּlānûTo
עִירʿîrCity
וּמִגְדָּלûmigədālAnd tower
וְרֹאשׁוֹwərōʾšwōAnd head
בַשָּׁמַיִםvašāmayimIn heavens
וְנַעֲשֶׂהwənaʿăśehAnd do
לָּנוּlānûTo
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
פֶּןpenRemoval
נָפוּץnāp̄ûṣDash
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
כָלḵālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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