Genesis 11:9:4Gen.11.9.W4PAT

בָּבֶ֔ל

bavel

Babel

Transliteration
ba-VEL
Extended
bah-VEHL
IPA
/baː.ˈvɛl/

Meaning by language

English
Babel
French
Babel
Spanish
Babel
Portuguese
Babel
German
Babel
Russian
Бавел
Arabic-Simplified
بابل
Hindi
बाबेल
Chinese-Simplified
巴别
Korean
바벨
Indonesian
Babel
Bengali
বাবেল
Tagalog
Babel
Swahili
Babeli
Amharic
ባቤል
Yoruba
Babel
Igbo
Babel
Twi
Babel
Ewe
Babel

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Result
בָּ + בֶ֔ל
ba + vel
bavel

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-VEL

  2. clause

    al-KEN ka-RA she-MAH ba-VEL ki-SHAM ba-LAL Ye-ho-VAH se-FAT kol-ha-A-retz

  3. sentence

    al-KEN ka-RA she-MAH ba-VEL ki-SHAM ba-LAL Ye-ho-VAH se-FAT kol-ha-A-retz u-mi-SHAM he-fi-TSAM Ye-ho-VAH al-pe-NEI kol-ha-A-retz

In contextGenesis 11:9

therefore its name was called Babel because there LORD confused language of all the earth and from there LORD dispersed them over the face of all the earth

About this coordinate

Genesis 11:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 11:9, so the Hebrew word בָּבֶ֔ל (bavel) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.11.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.9.W4.S1) and character.