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Genesis 18:27 Interlinear

“answered And Abraham and said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord which am but dust and ashes”

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Genesis 18 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיַּ֥עַן	H6030	answered	properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
2	אַבְרָהָ֖ם	H85	And Abraham	abraham, the later name of abram
3	וַיֹּאמַ֑ר	H559	and said	to say (used with great latitude)
4	הִנֵּה	H2009		lo!
5	נָ֤א	H4994		'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
6	הוֹאַ֙לְתִּי֙	H2974	Behold now I have taken upon me	properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
7	לְדַבֵּ֣ר	H1696	to speak	perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
8	אֶל	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
9	אֲדֹנָ֔י	H136	unto the Lord	the lord (used as a proper name of god only)
10	וְאָֽנֹכִ֖י	H595	which	i
11	עָפָ֥ר	H6083	am but dust	dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
12	וָאֵֽפֶר׃	H665	and ashes	ashes

Genesis 18:27 (current)answered And Abraham and said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord which am but dust and ashes