“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֞וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הָ֣בָ/הhābāh
give !verbH3051
bring · come on · give · go ···
נִבְנֶהnibəneh
let us buildverbH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
לָּ֣/נוּlānw
pron
עִ֗ירʿiyr
a citynounH5892
city · court · town
וּ/מִגְדָּל֙wmigədāl
and a towerconjH4026
flower · tower. Compare the names following
וְ/רֹאשׁ֣/וֹwərōʾšwō
and top itsconjH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
בַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִםbašāmayim
will be in the heavenspronH8064
astrologer · heaven
וְ/נַֽעֲשֶׂהwənaʿăśeh
and we may makeconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
לָּ֖/נוּlānw
pron
שֵׁ֑םšēm
a namenounH8034
base · named · renown · report
פֶּןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
נָפ֖וּץnāpwṣ
we should be scatteredverbH6327
shake) in pieces · cast · disperse · drive ···
עַלʿal
overpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פְּנֵ֥יpənēy
the surface ofnounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
כָלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/אָֽרֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
ℹWords 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.