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Genesis 19:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.


Genesis 19:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:1113 words
וְאֶתwəʾet
הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
פֶּתַחpetaḥOpening
הַבַּיִתhabayitThe a house
הִכּוּhikûStrike
בַּסַּנְוֵרִיםbasanəwērîmIn blindness
מִקָּטֹןmiqāṭōnFrom abbreviated
וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far
גָּדוֹלgādwōlGreat
וַיִּלְאוּwayiləʾûAnd tire
לִמְצֹאliməṣōʾTo come
הַפָּתַחhapātaḥThe opening
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
פֶּתַחpetaḥOpening
הַבַּיִתhabayitThe a house
הִכּוּhikûStrike
בַּסַּנְוֵרִיםbasanəwērîmIn blindness
מִקָּטֹןmiqāṭōnFrom abbreviated
וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far
גָּדוֹלgādwōlGreat
וַיִּלְאוּwayiləʾûAnd tire
לִמְצֹאliməṣōʾTo come
הַפָּתַחhapātaḥThe opening

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