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Genesis 18:32 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.


Genesis 18:32Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 18:3217 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַלʾalNot
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
יִחַרyiḥarGlow
לַאדֹנָיlaʾdōnāyTo Lord
וַאֲדַבְּרָהwaʾădabərāhAnd arrange
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
הַפַּעַםhapaʿamThe stroke
אוּלַיʾûlayIf not
יִמָּצְאוּןyimāṣəʾûnCome
שָׁםšāmThere
עֲשָׂרָהʿăśārāhTen
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
אַשְׁחִיתʾašəḥîtDecay
בַּעֲבוּרbaʿăvûrIn crossed
הָעֲשָׂרָהhāʿăśārāhThe ten
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
וַאֲדַבְּרָהwaʾădabərāhAnd arrange
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
הַפַּעַםhapaʿamThe stroke
אוּלַיʾûlayIf not
יִמָּצְאוּןyimāṣəʾûnCome
שָׁםšāmThere
עֲשָׂרָהʿăśārāhTen
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לֹאlōʾNot
אַשְׁחִיתʾašəḥîtDecay
בַּעֲבוּרbaʿăvûrIn crossed
הָעֲשָׂרָהhāʿăśārāhThe ten

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