“And he said” | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
“unto” | אֵלַ֔י | Near, with or among; often in general, to | unto |
“me, To build” | לִבְנֽוֹת | To build (literally and figuratively) | build |
“it an house” | בַ֖יִת | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
“in the land” | בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
“of Shinar:” | שִׁנְעָ֑ר | Shinar, a plain in Babylonia | Shinar |
“and it shall be established,” | וְהוּכַ֛ן | Properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous) | established |
“and set” | וְהֻנִּ֥יחָה | To deposit; by implication, to allow to stay | set |
“there” | שָּׁ֖ם | There (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence | there |
“upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
“her own base.” | מְכֻנָתָֽהּ׃ | A spot | own base |