11:8 So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building 4 the city.
1 tn Heb “it is that which goes around.”
2 tn Heb “and the waters were great exceedingly, exceedingly.” The repetition emphasizes the depth of the waters.
3 tn Heb “and.”
4 tn The infinitive construct לִבְנֹת (livnot, “building”) here serves as the object of the verb “they ceased, stopped,” answering the question of what they stopped doing.