Genesis 11:3

Bible › Genesis › Chapter 11 › Verse 3

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

In other translations

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559אִישׁ'isheachH376אֶל־'el-toH413רֵעֵהוּre'ehuneighbor hisH7453הָבָהhavahgive !H3051נִלְבְּנָהnilbenahlet us make bricksH3835לְבֵנִיםlevenimbricksH3843וְנִשְׂרְפָהvenisrefahand let us burn [them]H8313לִשְׂרֵפָהlisrefahto burningH8316וַתְּהִיvatehiand <it> becameH1961לָהֶםlahemfor <the> themהַלְּבֵנָהhalevenah<the> brickH3843לְאָבֶןle'avento stoneH68וְהַחֵמָרvehachemarand <the> bitumenH2564הָיָהhayah<it> becameH1961לָהֶםlahemfor <the> themלַחֹמֶר׃lachomerto <the> mortarH2563

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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