Genesis 11:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

King James Bible
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.

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

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

one
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

another,
רֵעֵ֗הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

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

let us make
נִלְבְּנָ֣ה (nil·bə·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's 3835: To be, white, to make bricks

bricks
לְבֵנִ֔ים (lə·ḇê·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 3843: Brick, tile

and bake
וְנִשְׂרְפָ֖ה (wə·niś·rə·p̄āh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's 8313: To be, on fire

them thoroughly.”
לִשְׂרֵפָ֑ה (liś·rê·p̄āh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8316: Cremation

So they used
וַתְּהִ֨י (wat·tə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

brick
הַלְּבֵנָה֙ (hal·lə·ḇê·nāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3843: Brick, tile

instead of stone,
לְאָ֔בֶן (lə·’ā·ḇen)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 68: A stone

and tar
וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר (wə·ha·ḥê·mār)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2564: Bitumen, asphalt

instead of mortar.
לַחֹֽמֶר׃ (la·ḥō·mer)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2563: A bubbling up, of water, a wave, of earth, mire, clay, a heap, a chomer, dry measure

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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