The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9)
עברית (Hebrew)
וַיְהִי כָל-הָאָרֶץ,
שָׂפָה אֶחָת,
וּדְבָרִים,
אֲחָדִים.
וַיְהִי,
בְּנָסְעָם
מִקֶּדֶם;
וַיִּמְצְאוּ
בִקְעָה
בְּאֶרֶץ
שִׁנְעָר,
וַיֵּשְׁבוּ
שָׁם.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ
אִישׁ אֶל-רֵעֵהוּ,
הָבָה
נִלְבְּנָה
לְבֵנִים,
וְנִשְׂרְפָה,
לִשְׂרֵפָה;
וַתְּהִי
לָהֶם
הַלְּבֵנָה,
לְאָבֶן,
וְהַחֵמָר,
הָיָה לָהֶם
לַחֹמֶר.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ
הָבָה
נִבְנֶה-לָּנוּ
עִיר,
וּמִגְדָּל
וְרֹאשׁוֹ
בַשָּׁמַיִם,
וְנַעֲשֶׂה-לָּנוּ,
שֵׁם: פֶּן-נָפוּץ,
עַל-פְּנֵי
כָל-הָאָרֶץ.
וַיֵּרֶד
יְהוָה,
לִרְאֹת אֶת-הָעִיר
וְאֶת-הַמִּגְדָּל,
אֲשֶׁר
בָּנוּ,
בְּנֵי
הָאָדָם.
וַיֹּאמֶר
יְהוָה, הֵן
עַם אֶחָד
וְשָׂפָה
אַחַת
לְכֻלָּם,
וְזֶה,
הַחִלָּם
לַעֲשׂוֹת;
וְעַתָּה לֹא-יִבָּצֵר
מֵהֶם, כֹּל
אֲשֶׁר
יָזְמוּ
לַעֲשׂוֹת.
הָבָה,
נֵרְדָה,
וְנָבְלָה
שָׁם,
שְׂפָתָם--אֲשֶׁר
לֹא
יִשְׁמְעוּ,
אִישׁ שְׂפַת
רֵעֵהוּ.
וַיָּפֶץ
יְהוָה אֹתָם
מִשָּׁם, עַל-פְּנֵי
כָל-הָאָרֶץ;
וַיַּחְדְּלוּ,
לִבְנֹת
הָעִיר.
עַל-כֵּן קָרָא
שְׁמָהּ,
בָּבֶל, כִּי-שָׁם
בָּלַל יְהוָה,
שְׁפַת כָּל-הָאָרֶץ;
וּמִשָּׁם
הֱפִיצָם
יְהוָה, עַל-פְּנֵי
כָּל-הָאָרֶץ.
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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
Listen to a recording of this text made by
Israel Radvinsky for Librivox.org
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