Genesis 19:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.”

Genesis 19:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:1315 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מַשְׁחִתִיםmašəḥitîmDecay

אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe

אֶתʾet—

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

גָדְלָהgādəlāhBe

צַעֲקָתָםṣaʿăqātāmShriek

אֶתʾetNearness

פְּנֵיpənêFace

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וַיְשַׁלְּחֵנוּwayəšaləḥēnûAnd send

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לְשַׁחֲתָהּləšaḥătāhTo decay

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

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מַשְׁחִתִיםmašəḥitîmDecay

אֲנַחְנוּʾănaḥənûWe

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

גָדְלָהgādəlāhBe

צַעֲקָתָםṣaʿăqātāmShriek

אֶתʾetNearness

פְּנֵיpənêFace

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

וַיְשַׁלְּחֵנוּwayəšaləḥēnûAnd send

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

לְשַׁחֲתָהּləšaḥătāhTo decay

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