“And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:”
Genesis 18:27 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 18:2712 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֥עַןwayaʿan
and he answeredconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
אַבְרָהָ֖םʾabərāhām
AbrahamnounH85
וַ/יֹּאמַ֑רwayōʾmar
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הִנֵּהhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
נָ֤אnāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
הוֹאַ֨לְתִּי֙hwōʾalətiy
I have undertakenverbH2974
begin · be content · please · take upon ···
לְ/דַבֵּ֣רlədabēr
to speakpronH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲדֹנָ֔/יʾădōnāy
the LordnounH136
וְ/אָנֹכִ֖יwəʾānōkiy
and IconjH595
me · which
עָפָ֥רʿāpār
am dustnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
וָ/אֵֽפֶרwāʾēper
and ashesconjH665
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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