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Now of this sound having come about, the multitude came together and was confounded, because each one was hearing them speaking the own language.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
of this This; he, she, it. DPro-GFS H3778 ταύτης tautēs
sound A sound, noise, voice, language, dialect. N-GFS H5456 φωνῆς phōnēs
having come about, To come into being, to be born, become, come about, happen. V-APM-GFS H1096 γενομένης genomenēs
multitude A multitude, crowd, great number, assemblage. N-NNS H4128 πλῆθος plēthos
came together To come or go with, accompany; to come together, assemble. V-AIA-3S H4905 συνῆλθεν sunēlthen
was confounded, To bewilder, stir up, throw into confusion. V-AIP-3S H4797 συνεχύθη sunechuthē
because That, since, because; may introduce direct discourse. Conj H3754 ὅτι oti
the The, the definite article. Adj-NMS H1538 ἕκαστος ekastos
one One. Adj-NMS H1520 εἷς eis
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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was hearing To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. V-IIA-3P H191 ἤκουσεν ēkousen
speaking (to talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) to speak, say. V-PPA-GMP H2980 λαλούντων lalountōn
own One's own, belonging to one, private, personal; one's own people, one's own family, home, property. Adj-DFS H2398 ἰδίᾳ idia
language. Language, speech, conversation, manner of speaking. N-DFS H1258 διαλέκτῳ dialektō

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Berean Bible Now of this sound having come about, the multitude came together and was confounded, because each one was hearing them speaking the own language.
King James Bible Now of when this sound having come about, was noised abroad, the multitude came together together, and was were confounded, because each one was hearing that every man heard them speaking the speak in his own language.
Hebrew Greek English Now of And when this sound having come about, occurred, the multitude crowd came together together, and was confounded, were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speaking the speak in his own language.
New American Standard Bible 1995 Now of And when this sound having come about, occurred, the multitude crowd came together together, and was confounded, were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speaking the speak in his own language.