“Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.”
Genesis 18:28 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 18:2818 words
HebrewMeaning
א֠וּלַיʾwlay
perhapsadvH194
may be · peradventure · unless
יַחְסְר֞וּ/ןyaḥəsərwn
they will lack !verbH2637
bereave · decrease · fail · lack ···
חֲמִשִּׁ֤יםḥămišiym
fiftyadjH2572
הַ/צַּדִּיקִם֙haṣadiyqim
the righteous peopleparticleH6662
lawful · righteous
חֲמִשָּׁ֔הḥămišāh
fiveadjH2568
fifth · five
הֲ/תַשְׁחִ֥יתhătašəḥiyt
¿ will you destroyparticleH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁ֖הbaḥămišāh
for fivepronH2568
fifth · five
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/עִ֑ירhāʿiyr
the cityparticleH5892
city · court · town
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙wayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אַשְׁחִ֔יתʾašəḥiyt
I will destroy itverbH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אֶמְצָ֣אʾeməṣāʾ
I will findverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
שָׁ֔םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
אַרְבָּעִ֖יםʾarəbāʿiym
fortyadjH705
וַ/חֲמִשָּֽׁהwaḥămišāh
and fiveconjH2568
fifth · five
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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