Genesis 11

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1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

2 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.

3 And they said one to another, Go to^[3], let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone^[4], and slime^[5] had they for morter^[6].

4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city^[7] and a tower^[8], 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.

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

6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

9 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.

10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

↑ 03835 לָבַן‎ laban [law-ban’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-526a, BDB-527b] [{See TWOT on 1074 @@ "1074b" }] [{See TWOT on 1074 @@ "1074h" }] AV-make white 3, make 2, make brick 1, be white 1, be whiter 1; 8
1) to be white
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to make white, become white, purify

1a2) to show whiteness, grow white

1b) (Hithpael) to become white, be purified (ethical)

2) (Qal) to make bricks
↑ 03843 לְבֵנָה‎ lëbenah [leb-ay-naw’] from 03835; n f; [BDB-527a] [{See TWOT on 1074 @@ "1074g" }] AV-brick 10, tile 1; 11
1) tile, brick
1a) brick

1b) tile

1c) pavement
↑ הָ֚בָה03051 יָהַב‎ yahab [yaw-hab’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-396b] [{See TWOT on 849 }] AV-give 23, go to 4, Bring 2, ascribe 1, come on 1, give out 1, Set 1, take 1; 34
1) to give, provide, ascribe, come
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give

1a2) to set, place

1a3) to provide (with reflexive)

1a4) to ascribe (glory)

1a5) to grant, permit, come now
↑ 068 ^ןבא^ ‘eben \@eh’- ben\@ from the root of 01129 through the meaning to build; n f; AV-stone(s) 247, weight(s) 7, divers weights + 068 3, hailstones 3, stony 2, carbuncle + 0688 1, hailstones + 01259 1, hailstones + 0417 1, headstone 1, masons + 07023 1, plummet 1, slingstones 1; 272
1) stone (large or small)
1a) common stone (in natural state)

1b) stone, as material
1b1) of tablets

1b2) marble, hewn stones

1c) precious stones, stones of fire

1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon

1e) weight

1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal

1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice

1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where
God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines
1i) (simile)
1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness

1i2) strength, firmness, solidity

1i3) commonness

1j) (metaph)
1j1) petrified with terror

1j2) perverse, hard heart
↑
Asphalt, 02564 חֵמָר‎ chemar [khay-mawr’] from 02560; n m; [BDB-330b] [{See TWOT on 683 @@ "683b" }] AV-slime 2, slimepit + 0875 1; 3
1) slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen
- Genesis 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime <02564 וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר VavHeyChetMemReish> had they for morter.
- Genesis 14:10 And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits <02564 חֵמָ֔ר ChetMemReish>; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
- Exodus 2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime <02564 בַחֵמָ֖ר BeitChetMemReish > and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid [it] in the flags by the river’s brink.
↑ 02563 חֹמֶר‎ chomer [kho’mer] ChetMemReish from 02560; n m; [BDB-330b] [{See TWOT on 683 @@ "683c" }] AV-clay 11, homer 11, morter 4, mire 2, heap 2; 30
1) cement, mortar, clay
1a) mortar, cement

1b) clay

1c) mire

2) heap
2a) swelling, surging (of water)

3) homer-a unit of dry measure about 65 imperial gallons (300 l)
↑ 05892 ^ריע^ ‘iyr \@eer\@ AyinYodReish or (in the plural) ^רע^ ‘ar \@awr\@ or ^ריע^ ‘ayar (#Jud 10:4) \@aw-yar’\@ a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); from 05782 spelled AyinVavReish עוּר‎ ‘uwr [oor] a primitive root [identical to 05783 עוּר‎ to be exposed, translated "Naked" through the idea of opening the eyes]; v; [BDB-734b] [{See TWOT on 1 587 }] AV-(stir, lift … .) up 40, awake 25, wake 6, raise 6, arise 1, master 1, raised out 1, variant 1; 81
1) to rouse oneself, awake, ; n m; {See TWOT on 1587 @@ "1587a"} {See TWOT on 1615} AV-city 1074, town 7, every one 2, variant 6; 1089

1) excitement, anguish
1a) of terror

2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded)
2a) city, town
↑ 04026 מִגְדָּל‎ MemGimeDaletLamed migdal [mig-dawl’] also (in pl.) fem. מגדלה‎ migdalah [mig-daw-law’] from 01431, Greek 3093 Μαγδαλα; n m; [BDB-153b] [{See TWOT on 315 @@ "315f" }] [{See TWOT on 315 @@ "315g" }] AV-tower 47, castles 1, flowers 1, pulpit 1; 50
1) tower
1a) tower

1b) elevated stage, pulpit

1c) raised bed

[1] 03835 לָבַן‎ laban [law-ban’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-526a, BDB-527b] [{See TWOT on 1074 @@ "1074b" }] [{See TWOT on 1074 @@ "1074h" }] AV-make white 3, make 2, make brick 1, be white 1, be whiter 1; 8
1) to be white
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to make white, become white, purify

1a2) to show whiteness, grow white

1b) (Hithpael) to become white, be purified (ethical)

2) (Qal) to make bricks

[2] 03843 לְבֵנָה‎ lëbenah [leb-ay-naw’] from 03835; n f; [BDB-527a] [{See TWOT on 1074 @@ "1074g" }] AV-brick 10, tile 1; 11
1) tile, brick
1a) brick

1b) tile

1c) pavement

[3] הָ֚בָה03051 יָהַב‎ yahab [yaw-hab’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-396b] [{See TWOT on 849 }] AV-give 23, go to 4, Bring 2, ascribe 1, come on 1, give out 1, Set 1, take 1; 34
1) to give, provide, ascribe, come
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give

1a2) to set, place

1a3) to provide (with reflexive)

1a4) to ascribe (glory)

1a5) to grant, permit, come now

[4] 068 ^ןבא^ ‘eben \@eh’- ben\@ from the root of 01129 through the meaning to build; n f; AV-stone(s) 247, weight(s) 7, divers weights + 068 3, hailstones 3, stony 2, carbuncle + 0688 1, hailstones + 01259 1, hailstones + 0417 1, headstone 1, masons + 07023 1, plummet 1, slingstones 1; 272
1) stone (large or small)
1a) common stone (in natural state)

1b) stone, as material
1b1) of tablets

1b2) marble, hewn stones

1c) precious stones, stones of fire

1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon

1e) weight

1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal

1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice

1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where
God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines
1i) (simile)
1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness

1i2) strength, firmness, solidity

1i3) commonness

1j) (metaph)
1j1) petrified with terror

1j2) perverse, hard heart

[5] Asphalt, 02564 חֵמָר‎ chemar [khay-mawr’] from 02560; n m; [BDB-330b] [{See TWOT on 683 @@ "683b" }] AV-slime 2, slimepit + 0875 1; 3
1) slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen

Genesis 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime <02564 וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר VavHeyChetMemReish> had they for morter.

Genesis 14:10 And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits <02564 חֵמָ֔ר ChetMemReish>; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

Exodus 2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime <02564 בַחֵמָ֖ר BeitChetMemReish > and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid [it] in the flags by the river’s brink.

[6] Genesis 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime <02564 וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר VavHeyChetMemReish> had they for morter.

[7] Genesis 14:10 And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits <02564 חֵמָ֔ר ChetMemReish>; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

[8] Exodus 2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime <02564 בַחֵמָ֖ר BeitChetMemReish > and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid [it] in the flags by the river’s brink.

[6] 02563 חֹמֶר‎ chomer [kho’mer] ChetMemReish from 02560; n m; [BDB-330b] [{See TWOT on 683 @@ "683c" }] AV-clay 11, homer 11, morter 4, mire 2, heap 2; 30
1) cement, mortar, clay
1a) mortar, cement

1b) clay

1c) mire

2) heap
2a) swelling, surging (of water)

3) homer-a unit of dry measure about 65 imperial gallons (300 l)

[7] 05892 ^ריע^ ‘iyr \@eer\@ AyinYodReish or (in the plural) ^רע^ ‘ar \@awr\@ or ^ריע^ ‘ayar (#Jud 10:4) \@aw-yar’\@ a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); from 05782 spelled AyinVavReish עוּר‎ ‘uwr [oor] a primitive root [identical to 05783 עוּר‎ to be exposed, translated "Naked" through the idea of opening the eyes]; v; [BDB-734b] [{See TWOT on 1 587 }] AV-(stir, lift … .) up 40, awake 25, wake 6, raise 6, arise 1, master 1, raised out 1, variant 1; 81
1) to rouse oneself, awake, ; n m; {See TWOT on 1587 @@ "1587a"} {See TWOT on 1615} AV-city 1074, town 7, every one 2, variant 6; 1089

1) excitement, anguish
1a) of terror

2) city, town (a place of waking, guarded)
2a) city, town

[8] 04026 מִגְדָּל‎ MemGimeDaletLamed migdal [mig-dawl’] also (in pl.) fem. מגדלה‎ migdalah [mig-daw-law’] from 01431, Greek 3093 Μαγδαλα; n m; [BDB-153b] [{See TWOT on 315 @@ "315f" }] [{See TWOT on 315 @@ "315g" }] AV-tower 47, castles 1, flowers 1, pulpit 1; 50
1) tower
1a) tower

1b) elevated stage, pulpit

1c) raised bed

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