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

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Result
בָּ + לַ֥ל
ba + lal
balal

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-LAL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ba-LAL Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

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

  4. 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 11:9:6 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.