Genesis 11:3 Hebrew Word Analysis

0	And they said	וַיֹּֽאמְר֞וּ	h559
1	one	אִ֣ישׁ	h376
2		אֶל	h413
3	to another	רֵעֵ֗הוּ	h7453
4	Go to	הָ֚בָה	h3051
5	let us make	נִלְבְּנָ֣ה	h3835
11	And they had brick	הַלְּבֵנָה֙	h3843
7	and burn	וְנִשְׂרְפָ֖ה	h8313
8	them throughly	לִשְׂרֵפָ֑ה	h8316
14	had	הָיָ֥ה	h1961
10		לָהֶ֤ם	h0
11	And they had brick	הַלְּבֵנָה֙	h3843
12	for stone	לְאָ֔בֶן	h68
13	and slime	וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר	h2564
14	had	הָיָ֥ה	h1961
15		לָהֶ֖ם	h0
16	they for morter	לַחֹֽמֶר׃	h2563

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks, burning them well. And they had bricks for stone, putting them together with sticky earth.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

And they said one to another, come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

World English Bible (WEB)

They said one to another, "Come, let's make brick, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and they say each one to his neighbour, `Give help, let us make bricks, and burn `them' thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.