Genesis 19:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.”
Genesis 19:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 19:1719 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כְהוֹצִיאָםḵəhwōṣîʾāmLike go
אֹתָםʾōtām—
הַחוּצָהhaḥûṣāhThe separate by a wall
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הִמָּלֵטhimālēṭBe smooth
עַלʿalAbove
נַפְשֶׁךָnap̄əšeḵāBreathing creature
אַלʾalNot
תַּבִּיטtabîṭScan
אַחֲרֶיךָʾaḥăreyḵāThe hind part
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
תַּעֲמֹדtaʿămōdStand
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
הַכִּכָּרhakikārThe circle
הָהָרָהhāhārāhThe mountain
הִמָּלֵטhimālēṭBe smooth
פֶּןpenRemoval
תִּסָּפֶהtisāp̄ehScrape
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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