Genesis 11:8
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Key Terms in This Verse
פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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