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Genesis 11:3
6 | tn Heb “a man to his neighbor.” The Hebrew idiom may be translated “to each other” or “one to another.” |
7 | tn The speech contains two cohortatives of exhortation followed by their respective cognate accusatives: “let us brick bricks” (נִלְבְּנָה לְבֵנִים, nilbbénah lévenim) and “burn for burning” (נִשְׂרְפָה לִשְׂרֵפָה, nisréfah lisrefah). This stresses the intensity of the undertaking; it also reflects the Akkadian text which uses similar constructions (see E. A. Speiser, Genesis [AB], 75–76). |
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9 | tn The disjunctive clause gives information parenthetical to the narrative. |
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