Genesis 19:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;”

Genesis 19:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:116 words

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

שְׁנֵיšənêTwo

הַמַּלְאָכִיםhamaləʾāḵîmThe messenger

סְדֹמָהsədōmāhSedom

בָּעֶרֶבbāʿerevIn dusk

וְלוֹטwəlwōṭAnd Lot

יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit

בְּשַׁעַרbəšaʿarIn opening

סְדֹםsədōmSedom

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

לוֹטlwōṭLot

וַיָּקָםwayāqāmAnd rise

לִקְרָאתָםliqərāʾtāmTo encountering

וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּwayišətaḥûAnd depress

אַפַּיִםʾapayimNose

אָרְצָהʾārəṣāhEarth

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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