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Genesis 19:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.


Genesis 19:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:1519 words
וּכְמוֹûḵəmwōAnd as
הַשַּׁחַרhašaḥarThe dawn
עָלָהʿālāhAscend
וַיָּאִיצוּwayāʾîṣûAnd press
הַמַּלְאָכִיםhamaləʾāḵîmThe messenger
בְּלוֹטbəlwōṭIn Lot
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
קוּםqûmRise
קַחqaḥTake
אֶתʾet
אִשְׁתְּךָʾišətəḵāWoman
וְאֶתwəʾet
שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo
בְנֹתֶיךָvənōteyḵāDaughter
הַנִּמְצָאֹתhaniməṣāʾōtThe come
פֶּןpenRemoval
תִּסָּפֶהtisāp̄ehScrape
בַּעֲוֺןbaʿăwōnIn perversity
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וּכְמוֹûḵəmwōAnd as
הַשַּׁחַרhašaḥarThe dawn
עָלָהʿālāhAscend
וַיָּאִיצוּwayāʾîṣûAnd press
הַמַּלְאָכִיםhamaləʾāḵîmThe messenger
בְּלוֹטbəlwōṭIn Lot
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
קוּםqûmRise
קַחqaḥTake
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אִשְׁתְּךָʾišətəḵāWoman
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo
בְנֹתֶיךָvənōteyḵāDaughter
הַנִּמְצָאֹתhaniməṣāʾōtThe come
פֶּןpenRemoval
תִּסָּפֶהtisāp̄ehScrape
בַּעֲוֺןbaʿăwōnIn perversity
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city

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