( Public domain ) Tower of Babel Excerpt within Genesis The Tower of Babel by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. According to the Old Testament, man was then punished for building this Tower of Babel through the creation of language, designed to create division amongst mankind. This city would be referred to as Babel (Akkadian: bab-ili or “gate of God”) which was also a play on the Hebrew word balal or “to confuse” (i.e. In fear of being scattered across the whole face of the earth, the inhabitants of the plain decided to build a city and also a tower to reach the heavens. The Hebrew etymology is most likely referring to the rivers of the Tigris and Euphrates. The Qur’an and Torah on the True Meaning of the Tower of Babel and Multiple Languages.The Legendary Tower of Babel: What Does it Mean?.Shinar, the Hebrew for “ two rivers,” is considered by most to be what the Akkadians referred to as Shumer or Sumer, known today as Mesopotamia, or modern-day Iraq.
The Book of Genesis tells of a time in which all of the world’s population migrated eastward to the plain of Shinar. The story of the construction of a tower in Babel, which resulted in the confounding of language, has perplexed modern scholars for decades. Once a real-life ziggurat at the center of the city of Babylon, this great tower was also mentioned within tablets excavated in modern-day Iraq. The story of the fabled Tower of Babel from the Book of Genesis has come to inspire artists throughout history and to symbolize the idea of human ambition.
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