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Genesis 18:20 Interlinear

“said And the LORD Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin grievous is very”

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Genesis 18 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	H559	said	to say (used with great latitude)
2	יְהוָ֔ה	H3068	And the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
3	זַֽעֲקַ֛ת	H2201	Because the cry	a shriek or outcry
4	סְדֹ֥ם	H5467	of Sodom	sedom, a place near the dead sea
5	וַֽעֲמֹרָ֖ה	H6017	and Gomorrah	amorah, a place in palestine
6	כִּי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
7	רָ֑בָּה	H7227	is great	abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
8	וְחַ֨טָּאתָ֔ם	H2403	and because their sin	an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
9	כִּ֥י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10	כָֽבְדָ֖ה	H3513	grievous	to be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same
11	מְאֹֽד׃	H3966	is very	properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or

Genesis 18:20 (current)said And the LORD Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin grievous is very