Bā'bel, n.
n. [Heb. Bābel, the capital of Babylonia; confusion, for balbel, from balal, to mix, confound, according to Scripture, but more probably a contraction from bēth (construct. form of bajith) -bel, house of Belus, equiv. to Baal.]
Sense 1. The name of the city in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place. Gen. xi. 9.
Sense 2. A confused combination of sounds; confusion; disorder. “That babel of strange heathen languages.” Hammond.