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Genesis 11:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.


Genesis 11:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 11:711 words
HebrewMeaning
הָ֚בָ/הhābāh
give !verbH3051
bring · come on · give · go ···
נֵֽרְדָ֔הnērədāh
let us go downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
וְ/נָבְלָ֥הwənābəlāh
and let us confuseconjH1101
confound · fade · mingle · mix ···
שָׁ֖םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
שְׂפָתָ֑/םśəpātām
language theirnounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
אֲשֶׁר֙ʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִשְׁמְע֔וּyišəməʿw
they will hearverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אִ֖ישׁʾiyš
eachnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
שְׂפַ֥תśəpat
the language ofnounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
רֵעֵֽ/הוּrēʿēhw
neighbor hisnounH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
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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Ruth KimNote1mo ago
Come, Let Us Go Down
At Babel, God says: 'Come, let us go down and confuse their language.' It's the first overt mention of multiple persons with God - 'us' - suggesting the divine council, the mystery of God's plural nat...
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