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Genesis 18:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.


Genesis 18:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 18:1611 words
וַיָּקֻמוּwayāqumûAnd rise
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man
וַיַּשְׁקִפוּwayašəqip̄ûAnd lean out
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
סְדֹםsədōmSedom
וְאַבְרָהָםwəʾavərāhāmAnd Abraham
הֹלֵךְhōlēḵəWalk
עִמָּםʿimāmWith
לְשַׁלְּחָםləšaləḥāmTo send
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּקֻמוּwayāqumûAnd rise
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man
וַיַּשְׁקִפוּwayašəqip̄ûAnd lean out
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
סְדֹםsədōmSedom
וְאַבְרָהָםwəʾavərāhāmAnd Abraham
הֹלֵךְhōlēḵəWalk
עִמָּםʿimāmWith
לְשַׁלְּחָםləšaləḥāmTo send

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