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Genesis 19:28 — King James Version← Study notes

And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.


Genesis 19:28Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:2817 words
וַיַּשְׁקֵףwayašəqēp̄And lean out
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
סְדֹםsədōmSedom
וַעֲמֹרָהwaʿămōrāhAnd Amorah
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
כָּלkālWhole
פְּנֵיpənêFace
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
הַכִּכָּרhakikārThe circle
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
עָלָהʿālāhAscend
קִיטֹרqîṭōrFume
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
כְּקִיטֹרkəqîṭōrLike fume
הַכִּבְשָׁןhakivəšānThe furnace
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּשְׁקֵףwayašəqēp̄And lean out
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
סְדֹםsədōmSedom
וַעֲמֹרָהwaʿămōrāhAnd Amorah
וְעַלwəʿalAnd above
כָּלkālWhole
פְּנֵיpənêFace
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
הַכִּכָּרhakikārThe circle
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
עָלָהʿālāhAscend
קִיטֹרqîṭōrFume
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
כְּקִיטֹרkəqîṭōrLike fume
הַכִּבְשָׁןhakivəšānThe furnace

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