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 19:29 — Hebrew 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
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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