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Genesis 18:28 — King James Version← Study notes

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 18:28Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 18:2818 words
אוּלַיʾûlayIf not
יַחְסְרוּןyaḥəsərûnLack
חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty
הַצַּדִּיקִםhaṣadîqimThe just
חֲמִשָּׁהḥămišāhFive
הֲתַשְׁחִיתhătašəḥîtDecay
בַּחֲמִשָּׁהbaḥămišāhIn five
אֶתʾet
כָּלkālWhole
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
אַשְׁחִיתʾašəḥîtDecay
אִםʾimLo!
אֶמְצָאʾeməṣāʾCome
שָׁםšāmThere
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
וַחֲמִשָּׁהwaḥămišāhAnd five
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אוּלַיʾûlayIf not
יַחְסְרוּןyaḥəsərûnLack
חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty
הַצַּדִּיקִםhaṣadîqimThe just
חֲמִשָּׁהḥămišāhFive
הֲתַשְׁחִיתhătašəḥîtDecay
בַּחֲמִשָּׁהbaḥămišāhIn five
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
אַשְׁחִיתʾašəḥîtDecay
אִםʾimLo!
אֶמְצָאʾeməṣāʾCome
שָׁםšāmThere
אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty
וַחֲמִשָּׁהwaḥămišāhAnd five

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