Meaning of the name: confusion; mixture. Related names are: Calneh,
Shinar, Accad, and
Erech. The translations of Babel in 2 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
バベル in Japanese to
バベル in Japanese!
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (GEN 10:10)
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. (GEN 11:9)