Genesis 18:29 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.”

Genesis 18:29 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 18:2914 words

וַיֹּסֶףwayōsep̄And add

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

לְדַבֵּרlədabērTo arrange

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say

אוּלַיʾûlayIf not

יִמָּצְאוּןyimāṣəʾûnCome

שָׁםšāmThere

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לֹאlōʾNot

אֶעֱשֶׂהʾeʿĕśehDo

בַּעֲבוּרbaʿăvûrIn crossed

הָאַרְבָּעִיםhāʾarəbāʿîmThe forty

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּסֶףwayōsep̄And add

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

לְדַבֵּרlədabērTo arrange

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say

אוּלַיʾûlayIf not

יִמָּצְאוּןyimāṣəʾûnCome

שָׁםšāmThere

אַרְבָּעִיםʾarəbāʿîmForty

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לֹאlōʾNot

אֶעֱשֶׂהʾeʿĕśehDo

בַּעֲבוּרbaʿăvûrIn crossed

הָאַרְבָּעִיםhāʾarəbāʿîmThe forty

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