Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bible“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.” Young's Literal Translation And they say, ‘Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.’ King James Bible 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. Hebrew “Come,”הָ֣בָה ׀ (hā·ḇāh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 3051: To give, to put, imperatively, come they said, וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say “let us build נִבְנֶה־ (niḇ·neh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural Strong's 1129: To build for ourselves לָּ֣נוּ (lā·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew a city עִ֗יר (‘îr) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement with a tower וּמִגְדָּל֙ (ū·miḡ·dāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4026: A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowers that reaches וְרֹאשׁ֣וֹ (wə·rō·šōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7218: The head to the heavens, בַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (ḇaš·šā·ma·yim) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky that we may make וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־ (wə·na·‘ă·śeh-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make a name for ourselves שֵׁ֑ם (šêm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name and not פֶּן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest be scattered נָפ֖וּץ (nā·p̄ūṣ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 6327: To be dispersed or scattered over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the face פְּנֵ֥י (pə·nê) Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face of the whole כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every earth.” הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land |
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