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Rashi on Genesis 11:7/רש"י על בראשית י״א:ז׳

אהבה נרדה. בְּבֵית דִּינוֹ נִמְלַךְ מֵעַנְוְתָנוּתוֹ יְתֵרָה:
1הבה נרדה COME, LET US GO DOWN — He took counsel with His Judicial Court because of His exceeding meekness (Sanhedrin 38b)
בהבה. מִדָּה כְנֶגֶד מִדָּה – הֵם אָמְרוּ הָבָה נִבְנֶה, וְהוּא כְנֶגֶדָּם מָדַד וְאָמַר הָבָה נֵרְדָה:
2הבה COME — measure for measure: they had said “Come, let us build“; He meted out to them correspondingly saying. “Come let us go down” (Midrash Tanchuma, Noach 18)
גונבלה. וּנְבַלְבֵּל; נוּ"ן מְשַׁמֵּשׁ בִּלְשׁוֹן רַבִּים, וְהֵ"א אַחֲרוֹנָה יְתֵרָה, כְהֵ"א שֶׁל נֵרְדָה:
3ונבלה means AND LET US CONFOUND The נ is the plural prefix, and the ה at the end is additional to the root as the ה in ונרדה.
דלא ישמעו. זֶה שׁוֹאֵל לְבֵנָה וְזֶה מֵבִיא טִיט, וְזֶה עוֹמֵד עָלָיו וּפוֹצֵעַ אֶת מֹחוֹ:
4ולא ישמעו — THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND — One asks for a brick and the other brings him lime: the former therefore attacks him and splits open his brains.