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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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Other Words From
- Ba·bel·ic [bey-, bel, -ik, ba-], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Against a backdrop of magic and lore, Robin slowly begins to realize that serving Babel also may mean forsaking his motherland.
The Future of TV Briefing this week aims to offer a Tower of Babel for some of the industry’s most prevalent acronyms.
Gowan, Donald E. From Eden to Babel: A Commentary on the Book of Genesis 1-11.
Mumford Sons taking 'a considerable amount of time off' after 'Babel' tour.
We watch Babel beaten, just before his death, in “Lubyanka Prison, Moscow, 1940.”
Guillermo Arriaga (Babel, 21 Grams, The Burning Plain) employs a nonlinear style.
After two mostly ignored novels, Shababo spent the rest of her life working in what Isaac Babel called the "genre of silence."
If there is one thing that convinces me that the story of the Tower of Babel is true, it is the names of the towns in Injy.
They spoke so many different languages that a Babel-like confusion resulted.
Again Babel burst forth, and riot reigned supreme for five minutes more.
Nembrot, Nimrod; so that his toures hye refers to the tower of Babel.
It is a life of great interest, complicated by the Tower of Babel, that old enemy.
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