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Etymology of 'Tower'
===in Hebrew===
===in Hebrew===
In the Hebrew, בָּבֶל, '''''bāḇel''''' which occurs in {{bible ref|Genesis|11|1-9}} is ''transliterated'' directly as "'''Babel'''", but while the word occurs many times thereafter in the [[Old Testament]], it is always ''translated'' in every other successive account as "'''Babylon'''". The question that now remains is if the place name came to take a reduplicate form of the word for 'confusion' (בָּלַל, '''''bālal''''', “'''to confuse''',” "'''mix'''", "'''mingle''',”) or if 'confusion' took on a reduplicated derivative of 'Babylon'? In answer to this question, Genesis 11:9<ref>Genesis 11:9, https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/gen/11/1/t_conc_11009</ref> does indicate that the place was named after the existing vocabulary for 'mixing', בָּלַל, ''bālal'' as a play on the existing place name.
In the Hebrew, בָּבֶל, '''''bāḇel''''' which occurs in {{bible ref|Genesis|11|1-9}} is ''transliterated'' directly as "'''Babel'''", but while the word occurs many times thereafter in the [[Old Testament]], it is always ''translated'' in every other successive account as "'''Babylon'''". The question that now remains is if the place name came to take a reduplicate form of the word for 'confusion' (בָּלַל, '''''bālal''''', “'''to confuse''',” "'''mix'''", "'''mingle''',”) or if 'confusion' took on a reduplicated derivative of 'Babylon'? In answer to this question, Genesis 11:9<ref>Genesis 11:9, https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/gen/11/1/t_conc_11009</ref> does indicate that the place was named after the existing vocabulary for 'mixing', בָּלַל, ''bālal'' as a play on the existing place name.
It must also be noted that the common English term of 'The Tower of Babel' does not ever appear as such in the [[Genesis|Book of Genesis]]. ''But if it did'', the term of '''''Tower''''', in [[Hebrew]] of מגדל, ''mighdal'', translates most directly as '''''Watchtower'''''. If one adds ''the definite article'' of ''the'' in front of ''mighdal'' (without context), the most natural translation would be a reference to the most significant occurrence: namely that of the '''Tower of Babel'''.
===in Babylonian===
===in Babylonian===