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Genesis 11:4

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 And they said ויאמרו

H3051 Go to הבה

H1129 let us build נבנה

H5892 us a city לנו עיר

H4026 and a tower ומגדל

H7218 whose top וראשׁו

H8064 may reach unto heaven בשׁמים

H6213 and let us make ונעשׂה

H8034 us a name לנו שׁם

H6435 lest פן

H6327 we be scattered abroad נפוץ

H5921 upon על

H6440 the face פני

H3605 of the whole כל

H776 earth הארץ׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

they

H559 said

H3051 to

let

H1129 build

H5892 city

and

H4026 tower

whose

H7218 top

may

reach

H776 earth

H3605 whole

the

H6440 face

the

H5921 upon

H6327 abroad

scattered

H6435 lest

H8034 name

H6213 make

let

and

H8064 heaven

unto

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H776

Hebrew: אֶרֶץ

Transliteration: ʼerets

Pronunciation: eh'-rets

Part of Speech: Noun Feminine

Bible Usage: X-(idiom) {common} {country} {earth} {field} {ground} {land} X-(idiom) {nations} {way} + {wilderness} world.

Definition:

the earth (at {large} or partitively a land)

1. land, earth

a. earth

1. whole earth (as opposed to a part)

2. earth (as opposed to heaven)

3. earth (inhabitants)

b. land

1. country, territory

2. district, region

3. tribal territory

4. piece of ground

5. land of Canaan, Israel

6. inhabitants of land

7. Sheol, land without return, (under) world

8. city (-state)

c. ground, surface of the earth

1. ground

2. soil

d. (in phrases)

1. people of the land

2. space or distance of country (in measurements of distance)

3. level or plain country

4. land of the living

5. end(s) of the earth

e. (almost wholly late in usage)

1. lands, countries 1e

f. often in contrast to Canaan

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906