Genesis 11:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Young's Literal Translation
Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.’

King James Bible
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

Hebrew
Come,
הָ֚בָה (hā·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3051: To give, to put, imperatively, come

let Us go down
נֵֽרְדָ֔ה (nê·rə·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

and confuse
וְנָבְלָ֥ה (wə·nā·ḇə·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's 1101: To mingle, mix, confuse, confound

their language,
שְׂפָתָ֑ם (śə·p̄ā·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

so that
אֲשֶׁר֙ (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

they will not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

understand
יִשְׁמְע֔וּ (yiš·mə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

one
אִ֖ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 582: Man, mankind

another’s
רֵעֵֽהוּ׃ (rê·‘ê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

speech.”
שְׂפַ֥ת (śə·p̄aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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