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Allכָלthe earthהָאָרֶץhadוַיְהִיoneאֶחָתlanguageשָׂפָהandוּthe sameאֲחָדִיםwords.דְבָרִים
Genesis 11:1
Study it in the app“All the earth had one language and the same words.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 11:1, word by word
- the earthאָרֶץarets
people
The people who live on the earth.
Where else “arets” appears- hadיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- oneאֶחָתechat
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echat” appears- languageשָׂפָהsafa
language
The tongue proper to a people, the language it speaks.
Where else “safa” appears- wordsדְבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2As they journeyed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
To study Genesis 11 in a group
1. What it says
What did the people in the land of Shinar say as they built their city and tower (vv. 3-4)?
2. What it means
Why did YHWH confuse their language and scatter them over the whole earth (vv. 6-9)?
3. How I live it
In what you are planning, what is for making a name for yourself, and what is for serving others?