KJV: And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
YLT: and they say each one to his neighbour, 'Give help, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.
Darby: And they said one to another, Come on, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.
ASV: And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
| וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ | And they said |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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| אִ֣ישׁ | one |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man. |
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| רֵעֵ֗הוּ | another |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: רֵעַ Sense: friend, companion, fellow, another person. |
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| הָ֚בָה | come |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, third person feminine singular Root: הַב Sense: to give, provide, ascribe, come. |
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| נִלְבְּנָ֣ה | let us make |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural Root: לָבַן Sense: to be white. |
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| לְבֵנִ֔ים | bricks |
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Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: לְבֵנָה Sense: tile, brick. |
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| וְנִשְׂרְפָ֖ה | and bake [them] |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative, first person common plural Root: שָׂרַף Sense: to burn. |
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| לִשְׂרֵפָ֑ה | thoroughly |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular Root: שְׂרֵפָה Sense: burning. |
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| וַתְּהִ֨י | And they had |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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| לָהֶ֤ם | - |
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Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural |
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| הַלְּבֵנָה֙ | brick |
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Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: לְבֵנָה Sense: tile, brick. |
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| לְאָ֔בֶן | for stone |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶבֶן Sense: stone (large or small). |
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| וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר | and asphalt |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: חֵמָר Sense: slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen. |
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| הָיָ֥ה | they had |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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| לַחֹֽמֶר | for mortar |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: חֹמֶר Sense: cement, mortar, clay. |
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