Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 18:28 Interlinear
“ Peradventure there shall lack of the fifty righteous and five I will not destroy and five all the city And he said I will not destroy If I find there forty and five”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | א֠וּלַי | H194 | if not; hence perhaps | |
| 2 | יַחְסְר֞וּן | H2637 | Peradventure there shall lack | to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen |
| 3 | חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים | H2572 | of the fifty | fifty |
| 4 | הַצַּדִּיקִם֙ | H6662 | righteous | just |
| 5 | וַֽחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ | H2568 | and five | five |
| 6 | אַשְׁחִ֔ית | H7843 | I will not destroy | to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively) |
| 7 | וַֽחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ | H2568 | and five | five |
| 8 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 9 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 10 | הָעִ֑יר | H5892 | all the city | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
| 11 | וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | H559 | And he said | to say (used with great latitude) |
| 12 | לֹ֣א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 13 | אַשְׁחִ֔ית | H7843 | I will not destroy | to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively) |
| 14 | אִם | H518 | used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | |
| 15 | אֶמְצָ֣א | H4672 | If I find | properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present |
| 16 | שָׁ֔ם | H8033 | there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence | |
| 17 | אַרְבָּעִ֖ים | H705 | there forty | forty |
| 18 | וַֽחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ | H2568 | and five | five |
Verse Context
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