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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1א֠וּלַיH194if not; hence perhaps
2יַחְסְר֞וּןH2637Peradventure there shall lackto lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
3חֲמִשִּׁ֤יםH2572of the fiftyfifty
4הַצַּדִּיקִם֙H6662righteousjust
5וַֽחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃H2568and fivefive
6אַשְׁחִ֔יתH7843I will not destroyto decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
7וַֽחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃H2568and fivefive
8אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
9כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
10הָעִ֑ירH5892all the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
11וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙H559And he saidto say (used with great latitude)
12לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
13אַשְׁחִ֔יתH7843I will not destroyto decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
14אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
15אֶמְצָ֣אH4672If I findproperly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
16שָׁ֔םH8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
17אַרְבָּעִ֖יםH705there fortyforty
18וַֽחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃H2568and fivefive

Verse Context

Genesis 18:27answered And Abraham and said Behold now I have taken upon me...
Genesis 18:28 (current) 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
Genesis 18:29unto him yet again And he spake and said ...

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