Genesis 19:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.”

Genesis 19:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:2017 words

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

הָעִירhāʿîrThe city

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

קְרֹבָהqərōvāhNear

לָנוּסlānûsTo flit

שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

וְהִיאwəhîʾAnd he

מִצְעָרmiṣəʿārPetty

אִמָּלְטָהʾimāləṭāhBe smooth

נָּאnāʾ'I pray'

שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

הֲלֹאhălōʾNot

מִצְעָרmiṣəʿārPetty

הִואhiwʾHe

וּתְחִיûtəḥîAnd live

נַפְשִׁיnap̄əšîBreathing creature

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

Word-by-word meanings

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

הָעִירhāʿîrThe city

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

קְרֹבָהqərōvāhNear

לָנוּסlānûsTo flit

שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

וְהִיאwəhîʾAnd he

מִצְעָרmiṣəʿārPetty

אִמָּלְטָהʾimāləṭāhBe smooth

נָּאnāʾ'I pray'

שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

הֲלֹאhălōʾNot

מִצְעָרmiṣəʿārPetty

הִואhiwʾHe

וּתְחִיûtəḥîAnd live

נַפְשִׁיnap̄əšîBreathing creature

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