1
And the whole
earth was of
one language, and of
one speech.
~yid'x]a ~yir'b.d.W t'x,a h'p'f #,r'a'h -l'k yih.y;w
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.
#,r,a.B h'[.qib .Wa.c.miY;w ~,d,Qim ~'[.s'n.B yih.y;w ? ~'v .Wb.veY;w r'[.niv
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 had they for
morter.
~yineb.l h'n.B.lin h'b'h .Whe[er -l,a vyia .Wr.ma{Y;w ? !,b'a.l h'neb.L;h ~,h'l yih.T;w h'per.fil h'p.r.fin.w ? r,m{x;l ~,h'l h'y'h r'mex;h.w
4
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.
l'D.gim.W ryi[ .Wn'L -h,n.bin h'b'h .Wr.ma{Y;w ? #.Wp'n -n,P ~ev .Wn'L -h,f][;n.w ~Iy;m'V;b w{va{r.w ? #,r'a'h -l'k yen.P -l;[
5
And the
LORD came
down to
see the
city and the
tower, which the
children of
men builded.
l'D.giM;h -t,a.w ryi['h -t,a t{a.ril h'wh.y d,reY;w ? ~'d'a'h yen.B .Wn'B r,v]a
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.
~'LUk.l t;x;a h'p'f.w d'x,a ~;[ !eh h'wh.y r,ma{Y;w ? ~,hem rec'BIy -a{l h'T;[.w tw{f][;l ~'Lix;h h,z.w ? tw{f][;l .Wm.z'y r,v]a l{K
7
Go
to, let us go
down, and there
confound their
language, that they may not
understand one another's speech.
.W[.m.vIy a{l r,v]a ~'t'p.f ~'v h'l.b'n.w h'd.ren h'b'h ? .Whe[er t;p.f vyia
8
So the
LORD scattered them
abroad from
thence upon the
face of all the
earth: and they left
off to
build the
city.
#,r'a'h -l'k yen.P -l;[ ~'Vim ~'t{a h'wh.y #,p'Y;w ? ryi['h t{n.bil .Wl.D.x;Y;w
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.
h'wh.y l;l'B ~'v -yiK l,b'B H'm.v a'r'q !eK -l;[ ? yen.P -l;[ h'wh.y ~'cyip/h ~'Vim.W #,r'a'h -l'K t;p.f ? #,r'a'h -l'K