Genesis 11:9 — King James Version← Study notes
“Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.”
Genesis 11:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 11:919 words
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
קָרָאqārāʾCall out to
שְׁמָהּšəmāhAppellation
בָּבֶלbāvelBabel
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
שָׁםšāmThere
בָּלַלbālalOverflow
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
שְׂפַתśəp̄atLip
כָּלkālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וּמִשָּׁםûmišāmAnd from there
הֱפִיצָםhĕp̄îṣāmDash
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
כָּלkālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
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