Genesis 11:9:6Gen.11.9.W6PAT
בָּלַ֥ל
balal
“confused”
- Transliteration
- ba-LAL
- Extended
- bah-LAHL
- IPA
- /baː.ˈlal/
Meaning by language
- English
- confused
- French
- confondit
- Spanish
- confundió
- Portuguese
- confundiu
- German
- verwirrte
- Russian
- смешал
- Arabic-Simplified
- بَلْبَلَ
- Hindi
- गड्डमड्ड कर दिया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 混乱了
- Korean
- 혼잡하게 하셨다
- Indonesian
- mengacaukan
- Bengali
- বিভ্রান্ত করলেন
- Tagalog
- ginulo
- Swahili
- alichanganya
- Amharic
- ደባለቀ
- Yoruba
- da ru
- Igbo
- gbagwojuo
- Twi
- frafraa
- Ewe
- tsakle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-LAL
- phraseyour reading level
ba-LAL Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
al-KEN ka-RA she-MAH ba-VEL ki-SHAM ba-LAL Ye-ho-VAH se-FAT kol-ha-A-retz
- 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 context — Genesis 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 11:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 11:9, so the Hebrew word בָּלַ֥ל (balal) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.9.W6.S1) and character.