Genesis 11:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

Young's Literal Translation
And they say, ‘Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.’

King James Bible
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Hebrew
“Come,”
הָ֣בָה ׀ (hā·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3051: To give, to put, imperatively, come

they said,
וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“let us build
נִבְנֶה־ (niḇ·neh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural
Strong's 1129: To build

for ourselves
לָּ֣נוּ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew

a city
עִ֗יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

with a tower
וּמִגְדָּל֙ (ū·miḡ·dāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4026: A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowers

that reaches
וְרֹאשׁ֣וֹ (wə·rō·šōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

to the heavens,
בַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (ḇaš·šā·ma·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

that we may make
וְנַֽעֲשֶׂה־ (wə·na·‘ă·śeh-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

a name for ourselves
שֵׁ֑ם (šêm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

and not
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's 6435: Removal, lest

be scattered
נָפ֖וּץ (nā·p̄ūṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 6327: To be dispersed or scattered

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the face
פְּנֵ֥י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of the whole
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

earth.”
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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