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Genesis 18:25 — King James Version← Study notes

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?


Genesis 18:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 18:2520 words
חָלִלָהḥālilāhProfaned
לְּךָləḵāTo
מֵעֲשֹׂתmēʿăśōtFrom do
כַּדָּבָרkadāvārLike word
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
לְהָמִיתləhāmîtTo die
צַדִּיקṣadîqJust
עִםʿimWith
רָשָׁעrāšāʿWrong
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
כַצַּדִּיקḵaṣadîqLike just
כָּרָשָׁעkārāšāʿLike wrong
חָלִלָהḥālilāhProfaned
לָּךְlāḵəTo
הֲשֹׁפֵטhăšōp̄ēṭJudge
כָּלkālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
לֹאlōʾNot
יַעֲשֶׂהyaʿăśehDo
מִשְׁפָּטmišəpāṭVerdict
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

חָלִלָהḥālilāhProfaned
לְּךָləḵāTo
מֵעֲשֹׂתmēʿăśōtFrom do
כַּדָּבָרkadāvārLike word
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
לְהָמִיתləhāmîtTo die
צַדִּיקṣadîqJust
עִםʿimWith
רָשָׁעrāšāʿWrong
וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist
כַצַּדִּיקḵaṣadîqLike just
כָּרָשָׁעkārāšāʿLike wrong
חָלִלָהḥālilāhProfaned
לָּךְlāḵəTo
הֲשֹׁפֵטhăšōp̄ēṭJudge
כָּלkālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
לֹאlōʾNot
יַעֲשֶׂהyaʿăśehDo
מִשְׁפָּטmišəpāṭVerdict

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