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Genesis 19:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.


Genesis 19:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:2114 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
נָשָׂאתִיnāśāʾtîLift
פָנֶיךָp̄āneyḵāFace
גַּםgamAssemblage
לַדָּבָרladāvārTo word
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of
הָפְכִּיhāp̄əkîTurn
אֶתʾet
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
דִּבַּרְתָּdibarətāArrange
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
נָשָׂאתִיnāśāʾtîLift
פָנֶיךָp̄āneyḵāFace
גַּםgamAssemblage
לַדָּבָרladāvārTo word
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
לְבִלְתִּיləvilətîTo failure of
הָפְכִּיhāp̄əkîTurn
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
דִּבַּרְתָּdibarətāArrange

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