Genesis 11:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jehovah saith, ‘Lo, the people [is] one, and one pronunciation [is] to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
And the LORD
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“If
הֵ֣ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

they have begun
הַחִלָּ֣ם (ha·ḥil·lām)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

to do
לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

this
וְזֶ֖ה (wə·zeh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

as one
אֶחָד֙ (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

people
עַ֤ם (‘am)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

speaking the same
לְכֻלָּ֔ם (lə·ḵul·lām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

language,
וְשָׂפָ֤ה (wə·śā·p̄āh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

then
וְעַתָּה֙ (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

nothing
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

they devise
יָזְמ֖וּ (yā·zə·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2161: To consider, purpose, devise

will be beyond
יִבָּצֵ֣ר (yib·bā·ṣêr)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1219: To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose

them.
מֵהֶ֔ם (mê·hem)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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