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Genesis 11:3

וַ יֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ הָבָה נִלְבְּנָה לְבֵנִים וְ נִשְׂרְפָה לִ שְׂרֵפָה וַ תְּהִי לָהֶם הַ לְּבֵנָה לְ אָבֶן וְ הַ חֵמָר הָיָה לָהֶם לַ חֹמֶר
And they are saying, a man to his friend,427 `Pay,428 we are becoming-whitened429 white-ones,430 and we are setting-on-fire431 for a fiery-one432 And the White-one is becoming to-themselves for a stone. And the Foaming-tar433 he has become to-themselves for the Foaming-clay.434
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Strong’s 3051, yahab. To provide, yield, pay. The Aramaic yahab (#3052) is used in the context of paying numerous times. The derivative noun yehab (#3053) is used for lot, burden, or something given (Ps. 55:22). It occurs 33 times whereas nathan, to give, occurs over 2000 times in the Hebrew Scriptures. The name Yahweh Yireh, otherwise known as “the Master provides” is actually Yahweh is seeing (Gen. 22:14).