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Genesis 19:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.


Genesis 19:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:1616 words
וַיִּתְמַהְמָהּwayitəmahəmāhAnd question
וַיַּחֲזִקוּwayaḥăziqûAnd fasten
הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man
בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand
וּבְיַדûvəyadAnd in hand
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
וּבְיַדûvəyadAnd in hand
שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo
בְנֹתָיוvənōtāywDaughter
בְּחֶמְלַתbəḥeməlatIn commiseration
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
וַיֹּצִאֻהוּwayōṣiʾuhûAnd go
וַיַּנִּחֻהוּwayaniḥuhûAnd deposit
מִחוּץmiḥûṣFrom separate by a wall
לָעִירlāʿîrTo city
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּתְמַהְמָהּwayitəmahəmāhAnd question
וַיַּחֲזִקוּwayaḥăziqûAnd fasten
הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man
בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand
וּבְיַדûvəyadAnd in hand
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
וּבְיַדûvəyadAnd in hand
שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo
בְנֹתָיוvənōtāywDaughter
בְּחֶמְלַתbəḥeməlatIn commiseration
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
וַיֹּצִאֻהוּwayōṣiʾuhûAnd go
וַיַּנִּחֻהוּwayaniḥuhûAnd deposit
מִחוּץmiḥûṣFrom separate by a wall
לָעִירlāʿîrTo city

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