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Genesis 18:21 — King James Version← Study notes

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.


Genesis 18:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 18:2111 words
אֵרֲדָהʾērădāhDescend
נָּאnāʾ'I pray'
וְאֶרְאֶהwəʾerəʾehAnd see
הַכְּצַעֲקָתָהּhakəṣaʿăqātāhLike shriek
הַבָּאָהhabāʾāhThe go
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
עָשׂוּʿāśûDo
כָּלָהkālāhCompletion
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
לֹאlōʾNot
אֵדָעָהʾēdāʿāhKnow
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אֵרֲדָהʾērădāhDescend
נָּאnāʾ'I pray'
וְאֶרְאֶהwəʾerəʾehAnd see
הַכְּצַעֲקָתָהּhakəṣaʿăqātāhLike shriek
הַבָּאָהhabāʾāhThe go
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
עָשׂוּʿāśûDo
כָּלָהkālāhCompletion
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
לֹאlōʾNot
אֵדָעָהʾēdāʿāhKnow

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