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Babel
1[ bab-uhl; Russian bah-byil ]
noun
- I·saak Em·ma·nu·i·lo·vich [ahy, -z, uh, k, ee-, sahk, yi-m, uh, -noo-, yee, -l, uh, -vyich], 1894–1941, Russian author.
Babel
2[ bey-buhl, bab-uhl ]
noun
- (in the Bible) an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower Tower of Babel intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place.
- (usually lowercase) a confused mixture of sounds or voices.
- (usually lowercase) a scene of noise and confusion.
Babel
1/ ˈbabɪl /
noun
- BabelIssak Emmanuilovich18941941MRussianWRITING: short-story writer Issak Emmanuilovich (iˈsak imənuˈiləvitʃ) 1894–1941, Russian short-story writer, whose works include Stories from Odessa (1924) and Red Cavalry (1926)
Babel
2/ ˈbeɪbəl /
noun
- Old Testament
- Also calledTower of Babel a tower presumptuously intended to reach from earth to heaven, the building of which was frustrated when Jehovah confused the language of the builders (Genesis 11:1–9)
- the city, probably Babylon, in which this tower was supposedly built
- often not capital
- a confusion of noises or voices
- a scene of noise and confusion
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- Ba·bel·ic [bey-, bel, -ik, ba-], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Babel1
First recorded in 1300–50; from Latin, from Hebrew Bābhel “Babylon,” from Akkadian bāb-ilim “the gate of the god”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Babel1
from Hebrew Bābhél , from Akkadian Bāb-ilu , literally: gate of God
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