Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Word of the Day - 10/28/2008

Farrago

A farrago is a confused mixture; hodgepodge; medley,

During the building of the Tower of Babel, God decided to make human languages a farrago. This decision effectively stopped construction of the edifice.

"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech." (Genesis 11:7, NASB)

The name "Babel" is the Hebrew equivalent of Akkadian Babilu which denotes confusion.

Note: This woodcut of the Tower of Babel was created in 1928 by the famed Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher (1998-1972).

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