Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleAnd 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 saidוַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (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 |