Genesis
Genesis 11:9
9That is why it is called Babel,c for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
Footnotes
- c 11:9 Or Babylon; the Hebrew word for Babel sounds like the Hebrew for confused.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| That is why | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| it | שְׁמָהּ֙ | šə·māh | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular | H8034 name |
| is called | קָרָ֤א | qā·rā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| Babel | בָּבֶ֔ל | bā·ḇel | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H894 Babel, Babylon |
| for | כִּי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| there | שָׁ֛ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| confused | בָּלַ֥ל | bā·lal | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1101 mingle, mix, confuse, confound |
| the language | שְׂפַ֣ת | śə·p̄aṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H8193 lip, speech, edge |
| of the whole | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| world | הָאָ֑רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| and from that place | וּמִשָּׁם֙ | ū·miš·šām | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| scattered them | הֱפִיצָ֣ם | hĕ·p̄î·ṣām | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural | H6327 be dispersed, scattered |
| over | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the face | פְּנֵ֖י | pə·nê | Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| of all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the earth | הָאָֽרֶץ׃פ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Genesis 10:5 · Genesis 10:10 · Genesis 10:20 · Acts 17:26 · 1 Corinthians 14:23 · Genesis 10:25 · Jeremiah 50:1–46 · Isaiah 13:1–14 · Genesis 10:31–32
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.