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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

unto

H8064 heaven

and

let

H6213 make

H8034 name

H6435 lest

scattered

H6327 abroad

H5921 upon

the

H6440 face

the

H3605 whole

H776 earth

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8064

Hebrew: שָׁמַיִם

Transliteration: shâmayim

Pronunciation: shaw-mah'-yim

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {air} X-(idiom) {astrologer} heaven (-s).

Definition:

from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds {move} as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

1. heaven, heavens, sky

a. visible heavens, sky

1. as abode of the stars

2. as the visible universe, the sky, atmosphere, etc

b. Heaven (as the abode of God)

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