“And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.”
Genesis 18:31 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 18:3116 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הִנֵּֽהhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
נָ֤אnāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
הוֹאַ֨לְתִּי֙hwōʾalətiy
I have undertakenverbH2974
begin · be content · please · take upon ···
לְ/דַבֵּ֣רlədabēr
to speakpronH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲדֹנָ֔/יʾădōnāy
the LordnounH136
אוּלַ֛יʾwlay
perhapsadvH194
may be · peradventure · unless
יִמָּצְא֥וּ/ןyimāṣəʾwn
they will be found !verbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
שָׁ֖םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
עֶשְׂרִ֑יםʿeśəriym
twentyadjH6242
twenty
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙wayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אַשְׁחִ֔יתʾašəḥiyt
I will destroy itverbH7843
cast off · corrupt(-er · thing) · destroy(-er ···
בַּ/עֲב֖וּרbaʿăbwr
for sake ofpronH5668
for · that · to
הָֽ/עֶשְׂרִֽיםhāʿeśəriym
the twentyparticleH6242
twenty
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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