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Genesis 19:24 — King James Version← Study notes

Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;


Genesis 19:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:2412 words
וַיהוָהwayhwāhAnd LORD
הִמְטִירhiməṭîrRain
עַלʿalAbove
סְדֹםsədōmSedom
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
עֲמֹרָהʿămōrāhAmorah
גָּפְרִיתgāp̄ərîtCypress-resin
וָאֵשׁwāʾēšAnd fire
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
מִןminPart
הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיהוָהwayhwāhAnd LORD
הִמְטִירhiməṭîrRain
עַלʿalAbove
סְדֹםsədōmSedom
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
עֲמֹרָהʿămōrāhAmorah
גָּפְרִיתgāp̄ərîtCypress-resin
וָאֵשׁwāʾēšAnd fire
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
מִןminPart
הַשָּׁמָיִםhašāmāyimThe heavens

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