Genesis 18:24 — King James Version← Study notes
“Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?”
Genesis 18:24 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 18:2416 words
אוּלַיʾûlayIf not
יֵשׁyēšIs
חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty
צַדִּיקִםṣadîqimJust
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
הַאַףhaʾap̄Accession
תִּסְפֶּהtisəpehScrape
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תִשָּׂאtiśāʾLift
לַמָּקוֹםlamāqwōmTo standing
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty
הַצַּדִּיקִםhaṣadîqimThe just
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בְּקִרְבָּהּbəqirəbāhIn nearest
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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