Genesis 18:27 — King James Version← Study notes
“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
וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
הוֹאַלְתִּיhwōʾalətîYield
לְדַבֵּרlədabērTo arrange
אֶלʾelNear
אֲדֹנָיʾădōnāyLord
וְאָנֹכִיwəʾānōḵîAnd I
עָפָרʿāp̄ārDust
וָאֵפֶרwāʾēp̄erAnd ashes
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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