NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And they said'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) one 'iysh (eesh) a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) to another rea` (ray'-ah) an associate (more or less close) -- brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, (an-)other. Go to yahab (yaw-hab') to give (whether literal or figurative); generally, to put; imperatively (reflexive) come -- ascribe, bring, come on, give, go, set, take. let us make laban (law-ban') to be (or become) white; also to make bricks -- make brick, be (made, make) white(-r). brick lbenah (leb-ay-naw') a brick (from the whiteness of the clay) -- (altar of) brick, tile. and burn saraph (saw-raf') to be (causatively, set) on fire -- (cause to, make a) burn(-ing), up) kindle, utterly. them throughly srephah (ser-ay-faw') cremation -- burning. And they had brick lbenah (leb-ay-naw') a brick (from the whiteness of the clay) -- (altar of) brick, tile. for stone 'eben (eh'-ben) a stone -- + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s). and slime chemar (khay-mawr') bitumen (as rising to the surface) -- slime(-pit). had hayah (haw-yaw) to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) they for morter chomer (kho'mer) a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure -- clay, heap, homer, mire, motion. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible They said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly." And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. King James Bible And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. Holman Christian Standard Bible They said to each other, "Come, let us make oven-fired bricks." They used brick for stone and asphalt for mortar. International Standard Version They told each other, "Come on! Let's burn bricks thoroughly." They used bricks for stone and tar for mortar. NET Bible Then they said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." (They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.) GOD'S WORD® Translation They said to one another, "Let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used bricks as stones and tar as mortar. King James 2000 Bible And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and bitumen had they for mortar. Links Genesis 11:3Genesis 11:3 NIV Genesis 11:3 NLT Genesis 11:3 ESV Genesis 11:3 NASB Genesis 11:3 KJV |
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