Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Babel means?

Babel

(ˈbeɪbəl)
n
1. (Bible) Old Testament
a. Also called: Tower of Babel a tower presumptuously intended to reach from earth to heaven, the building of which was frustrated when Jehovah confused the language of the builders (Genesis 11:1–9)
b. the city, probably Babylon, in which this tower was built
2. (often not capital)
a. a confusion of noises or voices
b. a scene of noise and confusion
 
 
 
[from Hebrew Bābhél,
from Akkadian Bāb-ilu,
literally: gate of God]
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And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel,... Genesis 10:10