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 18:28 — Hebrew 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
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