Genesis 19:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.”

Genesis 19:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:829 words

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

לִיlîTo

שְׁתֵּיšətêTwo

בָנוֹתvānwōtDaughter

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לֹאlōʾNot

יָדְעוּyādəʿûKnow

אִישׁʾîšMan

אוֹצִיאָהʾwōṣîʾāhGo

נָּאnāʾ'I pray'

אֶתְהֶןʾetəhen—

אֲלֵיכֶםʾălêḵemNear

וַעֲשׂוּwaʿăśûAnd do

לָהֶןlāhenTo

כַּטּוֹבkaṭwōvLike good

בְּעֵינֵיכֶםbəʿênêḵemIn eye

רַקraqLeanness

לָאֲנָשִׁיםlāʾănāšîmTo man

הָאֵלhāʾēlThe these

אַלʾalNot

תַּעֲשׂוּtaʿăśûDo

דָבָרdāvārWord

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

בָּאוּbāʾûGo

בְּצֵלbəṣēlIn shade

קֹרָתִיqōrātîRafter

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

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