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Genesis 11

Gen. 11:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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yahab (Hebrew #3051)
to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come
KJV usage: ascribe, bring, come on, give, go, set, take.
Pronounce: yaw-hab'
Origin: a primitive root
, let us go down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
, and there confound
balal (Hebrew #1101)
to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; also (denominatively from 1098) to fodder
KJV usage: anoint, confound, X fade, mingle, mix (self), give provender, temper.
Pronounce: baw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
k their language
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
, that
'aher (Hebrew #834)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
KJV usage: X after, X alike, as (soon as), because, X every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), X if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), X though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(- soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
Pronounce: ash-er'
Origin: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number)
they may not understand
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
one
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
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)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
another’s
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
speech
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
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Psa. 55:9• 9Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue;{HR}For I have seen violence and strife in the city. (Psa. 55:9)
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Acts 2:6• 6and when this report was made, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because they each one heard them speaking in his own dialect. (Acts 2:6)
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1 Cor. 14:23• 23If therefore the whole assembly come unto the same [place], and all speak with tongues, and there come in private or unfaithful [persons], will they not say that ye are mad? (1 Cor. 14:23)

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Go to.The Hebrew word signifies, "Come," or, "make preparation," as for a journey or the execution of a purpose.let.
Gen. 11:5• 5And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of Man builded. (Gen. 11:5)
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Gen. 1:26• 26And God said, Let Us make men in Our image, after Our likeness; and let them have dominion over fish of the sea, and over bird of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (Gen. 1:26)
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Gen. 3:22• 22And Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, the man is become as one of us to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat and live forever, … (Gen. 3:22)
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Isa. 6:8• 8Also I heard the voice of Jehovah, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here [am] I; send me. (Isa. 6:8)
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Job 5:12‑13• 12He breaketh to pieces the devices of the crafty,{HR}So that they can do nothing to purpose;
 13He taketh the wise in their craftiness,{HR}And the counsel of the cunning is overturned. (Job 5:12‑13)
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Job 12:20• 20He removeth the lips of the trusted,{HR}And taketh away the tact of the aged. (Job 12:20)
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Psa. 2:4• 4He who sitteth in the heavens laugheth:{HR}The Lord derideth them. (Psa. 2:4)
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Psa. 33:10• 10Jehovah hath made void the counsel of the Gentiles;{HR}He hath frustrated the devices of the peoples . (Psa. 33:10)
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Acts 2:4‑11• 4And they were all filled with [the] Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them to utter.
 5Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, pious men, from every nation of those under heaven;
 6and when this report was made, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because they each one heard them speaking in his own dialect.
 7And they were all amazed and wondering, saying, Behold, are not all these that speak Galileans?
 8And how hear we each in our own dialect in which we were born?
 9Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those that dwell in Mesopotamia, in Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
 10in Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and the Roman sojourners, both Jews and proselytes,
 11Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty things of God. (Acts 2:4‑11)
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Gen. 10:5,20,32• 5From these were separated the isles of the nations in their lands, each after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
 20These [are] sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
 32These [are the] families of Noah's sons, after their generations, in their nations; and by these were separated the nations in the earth after the flood. (Gen. 10:5,20,32)
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Gen. 42:23• 23And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them. (Gen. 42:23)
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Deut. 28:49• 49Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from afar, from the end of the earth, like as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou understandest not; (Deut. 28:49)
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Psa. 55:9• 9Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue;{HR}For I have seen violence and strife in the city. (Psa. 55:9)
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Jer. 5:15• 15Behold, I bring a nation upon you from afar, house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest thou what they say. (Jer. 5:15)
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1 Cor. 14:2‑11,23• 2For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not to men but to God; for no one heareth; yet in spirit he speaketh mysteries.
 3But he that prophesieth speaketh to men edification, and encouragement, and comfort.
 4He that speaketh with a tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the assembly.
 5But I desire that ye all should speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy. And greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, in order that the assembly may receive edification.
 6And now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, unless I shall speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in teaching?
 7Nevertheless lifeless things giving sound, whether pipe or harp, if they give not distinction to the notes, how shall be known what is piped or what is harped?
 8For also if a trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare for war?
 9So also ye through the tongue, unless ye give a distinct speech, how shall what is spoken be known, for ye will be speaking into air?
 10There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none insignificant.
 11If therefore I do not know the power of the voice, I shall be to him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh a barbarian in my case.
 23If therefore the whole assembly come unto the same [place], and all speak with tongues, and there come in private or unfaithful [persons], will they not say that ye are mad? (1 Cor. 14:2‑11,23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Come, let us go down, and there confound their languagee, that they may not understand one another’s speeche.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "lip."

W. Kelly Translation

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Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speecha .

WK Translation Notes

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(lip)