The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
Transliteration
- Vayehi khol-ha'arets safa ekhat udvarim akhadim.
- Vayehi bnas'am mikedem vayyimtse'u vik'a b'erets Shin'ar
vayyeshvu sham.
- Vayyomru ish el-re'ehu hava nilbena lvenim venisrefa lisrefa
vatehi lahem hallvena l'aven vehakhemor haya lahem lakhomer.
- Vayyomru hava nivne-lanu ir umigdal verosho vashamayim vena'ase-lanu
shem pen-nafuts al-pnei khol-ha'arets.
- Vayyered Adonai lir'ot et-ha'ir ve'et-hammigdal asher banu
bnei ha'adam.
- Vayyomer Adonai hen am ekhad vesafa akhat lekhullam veze hakhillam
la'asot ve'ata lo-yibatser mehem kol asher yazmu la'asot.
- Vhava nerda vnovla sham sfatam asher lo yishme'u ish sefat re'ehu.
- Vayyafets Adonai otam misham al-pnei khol-ha'arets vayyakhdelu
livnot ha'ir.
- Al-ken kara shmah bavel ki-sham balal Adonai shefat kol-ha'arets
umisham hefitsam Adonai al-pnei kol-ha'arets.
Transliteration by Libor Sztemon,
source: http://www.langmaker.com/db/bbl_hebrew.htm
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