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Genesis 11:8 Interlinear

“scattered them abroad So the LORD from thence upon the face of all the earth and they left off to build the city”

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Genesis 11 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיָּ֨פֶץ	H6327	scattered them abroad	to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
2	יְהוָ֥ה	H3068	So the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
3	אֹתָ֛ם	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4	מִשָּׁ֖ם	H8033	from thence	there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
5	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
6	פְּנֵ֣י	H6440	upon the face	the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
7	כָל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
8	הָאָ֑רֶץ	H776	of all the earth	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
9	וַֽיַּחְדְּל֖וּ	H2308	and they left off	properly, to be flabby, i.e., (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
10	לִבְנֹ֥ת	H1129	to build	to build (literally and figuratively)
11	הָעִֽיר׃	H5892	the city	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

Genesis 11:8 (current)scattered them abroad So the LORD from thence upon the face of all the earth and they left off to build the city