Genesis 19:9 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.”
Genesis 19:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 19:920 words
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
גֶּשׁgešBe
הָלְאָהhāləʾāhDistance
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
הָאֶחָדhāʾeḥādThe united
בָּאbāʾGo
לָגוּרlāgûrTo turn
וַיִּשְׁפֹּטwayišəpōṭAnd judge
שָׁפוֹטšāp̄wōṭJudge
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
נָרַעnāraʿSpoil
לְךָləḵāTo
מֵהֶםmēhemFrom
וַיִּפְצְרוּwayip̄əṣərûAnd peck at
בָאִישׁvāʾîšIn man
בְּלוֹטbəlwōṭIn Lot
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
וַיִּגְּשׁוּwayigəšûAnd be
לִשְׁבֹּרlišəbōrTo burst
הַדָּלֶתhadāletThe something swinging
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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