Genesis 19:30 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.”

Genesis 19:30 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:3017 words

וַיַּעַלwayaʿalAnd ascend

לוֹטlwōṭLot

מִצּוֹעַרmiṣwōʿarFrom Tsoar

וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit

בָּהָרbāhārIn mountain

וּשְׁתֵּיûšətêAnd two

בְנֹתָיוvənōtāywDaughter

עִמּוֹʿimwōWith

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יָרֵאyārēʾFear

לָשֶׁבֶתlāševetTo sit

בְּצוֹעַרbəṣwōʿarIn Tsoar

וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit

בַּמְּעָרָהbaməʿārāhIn cavern

הוּאhûʾHe

וּשְׁתֵּיûšətêAnd two

בְנֹתָיוvənōtāywDaughter

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעַלwayaʿalAnd ascend

לוֹטlwōṭLot

מִצּוֹעַרmiṣwōʿarFrom Tsoar

וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit

בָּהָרbāhārIn mountain

וּשְׁתֵּיûšətêAnd two

בְנֹתָיוvənōtāywDaughter

עִמּוֹʿimwōWith

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יָרֵאyārēʾFear

לָשֶׁבֶתlāševetTo sit

בְּצוֹעַרbəṣwōʿarIn Tsoar

וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit

בַּמְּעָרָהbaməʿārāhIn cavern

הוּאhûʾHe

וּשְׁתֵּיûšətêAnd two

בְנֹתָיוvənōtāywDaughter

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