Study it in the app“That is why its name was called Babel, because there YHWH confused the language of all the earth, and from there YHWH scattered them over the face of all the earth.”
That is whyעַל כֵּןits nameשְׁמָהּwas calledקָרָאBabel,בָּבֶלbecauseכִּיthereשָׁםYHWHיְהוָהconfusedבָּלַלthe languageשְׂפַתof allכָּלthe earth,הָאָרֶץand from thereוּמִשָּׁםYHWHיְהוָהscattered themהֱפִיצָםoverעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof allכָּלthe earth.הָאָרֶץ
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shema” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “kara” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsconfuse
To mix up people's speech so that they cannot understand one another.
Where else “balal” appearslanguage
The tongue proper to a people, the language it speaks.
Where else “sefat” appearsearth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appearsscatter
To scatter people over many places, as a punishment.
Where else “hefitsa” appearssurface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears“Babel” sounds like “he confused” (balal).
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
8So YHWH scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
9 · This verse (above)
10These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he fathered Arpachshad, two years after the flood.
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?
