Study it in the app“And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, so that we are not scattered over the face of all the earth.””
And they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Come,הָבָהlet us buildנִבְנֶהourselvesלָּנוּa cityעִירand a towerוּמִגְדָּלwith its topוְרֹאשׁוֹin the heavens,בַשָּׁמַיִםand let us makeוְנַעֲשֶׂהa nameשֵׁםfor ourselves,לָּנוּso that we are not scatteredפֶּן נָפוּץoverעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof allכָלthe earth.”הָאָרֶץ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearscome on
An invitation to act together: «come on!, let us!».
Where else “hava” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “nivne” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearstower
A tall, strong structure, for keeping watch or defense.
Where else “migdal” appearstop
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appearssky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “naase” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsbe scattered
To end up scattered in many places, like a people without a shepherd.
Where else “nafuts” appearssurface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears3They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And brick served them as stone, and bitumen served them as mortar.
4 · This verse (above)
5YHWH came down to see the city and the tower that the human beings had built.
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?
