Genesis 18:31 — King James Version← Study notes
“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
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
הוֹאַלְתִּיhwōʾalətîYield
לְדַבֵּרlədabērTo arrange
אֶלʾelNear
אֲדֹנָיʾădōnāyLord
אוּלַיʾûlayIf not
יִמָּצְאוּןyimāṣəʾûnCome
שָׁםšāmThere
עֶשְׂרִיםʿeśərîmTwenty
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
אַשְׁחִיתʾašəḥîtDecay
בַּעֲבוּרbaʿăvûrIn crossed
הָעֶשְׂרִיםhāʿeśərîmThe twenty
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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