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Genesis 19:31 — King James Version← Study notes

And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:


Genesis 19:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:3114 words
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
הַבְּכִירָהhabəḵîrāhThe eldest
אֶלʾelNear
הַצְּעִירָהhaṣəʿîrāhThe little
אָבִינוּʾāvînûFather
זָקֵןzāqēnBe old
וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אֵיןʾênNonentity
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
לָבוֹאlāvwōʾTo go
עָלֵינוּʿālênûAbove
כְּדֶרֶךְkədereḵəLike road
כָּלkālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
הַבְּכִירָהhabəḵîrāhThe eldest
אֶלʾelNear
הַצְּעִירָהhaṣəʿîrāhThe little
אָבִינוּʾāvînûFather
זָקֵןzāqēnBe old
וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man
אֵיןʾênNonentity
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
לָבוֹאlāvwōʾTo go
עָלֵינוּʿālênûAbove
כְּדֶרֶךְkədereḵəLike road
כָּלkālWhole
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

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