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Genesis 11:3

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And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.	And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.	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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And they said^H559 one^H376 to another^H7453, Go to^H3051, let us make^H3835 brick^H3843, and burn^H8313 them throughly^H8316. And they had brick^H3843 for stone^H68, and slime^H2564 had^H1961 they for morter^H2563.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ הָבָה נִלְבְּנָה לְבֵנִים וְנִשְׂרְפָה לִשְׂרֵפָה וַתְּהִי לָהֶם הַלְּבֵנָה לְאָבֶן וְהַחֵמָר הָיָה לָהֶם לַחֹמֶר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּאמְר֞וּ	va/i.yo.me.Ru	H559	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they said
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	each
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
רֵעֵ֗/הוּ	re.'E./hu	H7453	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	neighbor/ his
הָ֚בָ/ה	Ha.va/h	H3051	HVqv2ms/Sh	give/ !
נִלְבְּנָ֣ה	nil.be.Nah	H3835	HVqh1cp	let us make bricks
לְבֵנִ֔ים	le.ve.Nim	H3843	HNcfpa	bricks
וְ/נִשְׂרְפָ֖ה	ve./nis.re.Fah	H8313	HC/Vqh1cp	and/ let us burn (them)
לִ/שְׂרֵפָ֑ה	li/s.re.Fah	H8316	HR/Ncfsa	to/ burning
וַ/תְּהִ֨י	va./te.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ (it) became
לָ/הֶ֤ם	la./Hem		HR/Sp3mp	for (the)/ them
הַ/לְּבֵנָה֙	ha./le.ve.Nah	H3843	HTd/Ncfsa	(the)/ brick
לְ/אָ֔בֶן	le./'A.ven	H68	HR/Ncfsa	to/ stone
וְ/הַ֣/חֵמָ֔ר	ve./Ha./che.Mar	H2564	HC/Td/Ncmsa	and/ (the)/ bitumen
הָיָ֥ה	ha.Yah	H1961	HVqp3ms	(it) became
לָ/הֶ֖ם	la./Hem		HR/Sp3mp	for (the)/ them
לַ/חֹֽמֶר	la./Cho.mer	H2563	HRd/Ncmsa	to (the)/ mortar

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H68 — אֶבֶן (ʼeben, eh'-ben): from the root of בָּנָה through the meaning to build; a stone; [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H2563 — חֹמֶר (chômer, kho'mer): from חָמַר; properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure; clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
• H2564 — חֵמָר (chêmâr, khay-mawr'): from חָמַר; bitumen (as rising to the surface); slime(-pit).
• H3051 — יָהַב (yâhab, yaw-hab'): a primitive root; to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come; ascribe, bring, come on, give, go, set, take.
• H3835 — לָבַן (lâban, law-ban'): a primitive root; also as denominative from לְבֵנָה; to be (or become) white; to make bricks; make brick, be (made, make) white(-r).
• H3843 — לְבֵנָה (lᵉbênâh, leb-ay-naw'): from לָבַן; a brick (from the whiteness of the clay); (altar of) brick, tile.
• H7453 — רֵעַ (rêaʻ, ray'-ah): or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.
• H8313 — שָׂרַף (sâraph, saw-raf'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, set) on fire; (cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, [idiom] utterly.
• H8316 — שְׂרֵפָה (sᵉrêphâh, ser-ay-faw'): from שָׂרַף; cremation; burning.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

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