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Genesis 11:4

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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.	And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And they said^H559, Go to^H3051, let us build^H1129 us a city^H5892 and a tower^H4026, whose top^H7218 may reach unto heaven^H8064; and let us make^H6213 us a name^H8034, lest we be scattered abroad^H6327 upon the face^H6440 of the whole earth^H776.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָבָה ׀ נִבְנֶה־לָּנוּ עִיר וּמִגְדָּל וְרֹאשֹׁו בַשָּׁמַיִם וְנַעֲשֶׂה־לָּנוּ שֵׁם פֶּן־נָפוּץ עַל־פְּנֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּאמְר֞וּ	va/i.yo.me.Ru	H559	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they said
הָ֣בָ/ה	Ha.va/h	H3051	HVqv2ms/Sh	give/ !
נִבְנֶה	niv.neh-	H1129	HVqh1cp	let us build
לָּ֣/נוּ	La./nu		HR/Sp1cp	for (the)/ ourselves
עִ֗יר	'Ir	H5892	HNcfsa	a city
וּ/מִגְדָּל֙	u./mig.Dal	H4026	HC/Ncbsa	and/ a tower
וְ/רֹאשׁ֣/וֹ	ve./ro.Sh/o	H7218	HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	and/ top/ its
בַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם	va./sha.Ma.yim	H8064	HRd/Ncmda	(will be) in the/ heavens
וְ/נַֽעֲשֶׂה	ve./na.'a.seh-	H6213	HC/Vqh1cp	and/ we may make
לָּ֖/נוּ	La./nu		HR/Sp1cp	for (the)/ ourselves
שֵׁ֑ם	Shem	H8034	HNcmsa	a name
פֶּן	pen-	H6435	HC	lest
נָפ֖וּץ	na.Futz	H6327	HVqi1cp	we should be scattered
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	over
פְּנֵ֥י	pe.Nei	H6440	HNcbpc	(the) surface of
כָל	khol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
הָ/אָֽרֶץ	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ earth

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

Strong's References

• 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.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
• 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.
• H4026 — מִגְדָּל (migdâl, mig-dawl'): also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from גָּדַל; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers; castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6327 — פּוּץ (pûwts, poots): a primitive root; to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse); break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H8034 — שֵׁם (shêm, shame): a primitive word (perhaps rather from through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare שָׁמַיִם); an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character; [phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
• H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

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

• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H6435 — פֵּן (pên, pane): from פָּנָה; properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest; (lest) (peradventure), that...not.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• and let — 2 Samuel 8:13, Psalms 49:11-13, Proverbs 10:7, Daniel 4:30, John 5:44
• lest — Genesis 11:8-9, Psalms 92:9, Luke 1:51
• whose — Deuteronomy 1:28, Deuteronomy 9:1, Daniel 4:11, Daniel 4:22

Reciprocal references (18): Genesis 4:17, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 42:4, 2 Samuel 18:18, 2 Chronicles 28:9, Job 20:6, Ecclesiastes 2:1, Ecclesiastes 2:4, Ecclesiastes 7:29, Isaiah 5:5, Jeremiah 18:11, Jeremiah 51:25, Jeremiah 51:53, Matthew 5:14, Luke 10:15, Luke 14:28, James 4:13

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: CITIES, PLANS AND DEVICES OF MEN, PRUDENCE-RASHNESS, SELF-ABASEMENT-SELF-EXALTATION
• Torrey’s: BABYLON, CITIES, LANGUAGE, PRESUMPTION, SCIENCES, TOWERS
• Nave’s: AMBITION, BABEL, BABYLON, CONFIDENCE, CONFUSION, DISPERSION, FALSE CONFIDENCE, LANGUAGE, MIRACLES, PRESUMPTION, TONGUE, TOWER

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