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Genesis 18:30 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.


Genesis 18:30Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 18:3017 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַלʾalNot
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
יִחַרyiḥarGlow
לַאדֹנָיlaʾdōnāyTo Lord
וַאֲדַבֵּרָהwaʾădabērāhAnd arrange
אוּלַיʾûlayIf not
יִמָּצְאוּןyimāṣəʾûnCome
שָׁםšāmThere
שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
אֶעֱשֶׂהʾeʿĕśehDo
אִםʾimLo!
אֶמְצָאʾeməṣāʾCome
שָׁםšāmThere
שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַלʾalNot
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
יִחַרyiḥarGlow
לַאדֹנָיlaʾdōnāyTo Lord
וַאֲדַבֵּרָהwaʾădabērāhAnd arrange
אוּלַיʾûlayIf not
יִמָּצְאוּןyimāṣəʾûnCome
שָׁםšāmThere
שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
אֶעֱשֶׂהʾeʿĕśehDo
אִםʾimLo!
אֶמְצָאʾeməṣāʾCome
שָׁםšāmThere
שְׁלֹשִׁיםšəlōšîmThirty

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