What is the meaning of babel?

noun

  • Genesis 11: 1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another.
  • A confusion of voices and other sounds. .
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