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Genesis 19:29 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.


Genesis 19:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:2922 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְּשַׁחֵתbəšaḥētIn decay
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾet
עָרֵיʿārêCity
הַכִּכָּרhakikārThe circle
וַיִּזְכֹּרwayizəkōrAnd mark
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾet
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וַיְשַׁלַּחwayəšalaḥAnd send
אֶתʾet
לוֹטlwōṭLot
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הַהֲפֵכָהhahăp̄ēḵāhThe destruction
בַּהֲפֹךְbahăp̄ōḵəIn turn
אֶתʾet
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָשַׁבyāšavSit
בָּהֵןbāhēnIn they
לוֹטlwōṭLot
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בְּשַׁחֵתbəšaḥētIn decay
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
עָרֵיʿārêCity
הַכִּכָּרhakikārThe circle
וַיִּזְכֹּרwayizəkōrAnd mark
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וַיְשַׁלַּחwayəšalaḥAnd send
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
לוֹטlwōṭLot
מִתּוֹךְmitwōḵəFrom bisection
הַהֲפֵכָהhahăp̄ēḵāhThe destruction
בַּהֲפֹךְbahăp̄ōḵəIn turn
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יָשַׁבyāšavSit
בָּהֵןbāhēnIn they
לוֹטlwōṭLot

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