Genesis 19:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.”

Genesis 19:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:2513 words

וַיַּהֲפֹךְwayahăp̄ōḵəAnd turn

אֶתʾet—

הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city

הָאֵלhāʾēlThe these

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

הַכִּכָּרhakikārThe circle

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

יֹשְׁבֵיyōšəvêSit

הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city

וְצֶמַחwəṣemaḥAnd sprout

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּהֲפֹךְwayahăp̄ōḵəAnd turn

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city

הָאֵלhāʾēlThe these

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

הַכִּכָּרhakikārThe circle

וְאֵתwəʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

יֹשְׁבֵיyōšəvêSit

הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city

וְצֶמַחwəṣemaḥAnd sprout

הָאֲדָמָהhāʾădāmāhThe soil

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