Genesis 11:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.

Young's Literal Translation
therefore hath [one] called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.

King James Bible
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Hebrew
That is why
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

it
שְׁמָהּ֙ (šə·māh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

is called
קָרָ֤א (qā·rā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

Babel,
בָּבֶ֔ל (bā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city

for
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

there
שָׁ֛ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

confused
בָּלַ֥ל (bā·lal)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1101: To mingle, mix, confuse, confound

the language
שְׂפַ֣ת (śə·p̄aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

of the whole
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

world,
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and from that place
וּמִשָּׁם֙ (ū·miš·šām)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

the LORD
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

scattered
הֱפִיצָ֣ם (hĕ·p̄î·ṣām)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6327: To be dispersed or scattered

them over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the face
פְּנֵ֖י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of the whole
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

earth.
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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