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 18:30 — Hebrew 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
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