Genesis
Genesis 18:28
28suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?”
He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| suppose | א֠וּלַי | ’ū·lay | Adverb | H194 peradventure, perhaps |
| the fifty | חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים | ḥă·miš·šîm | Number - common plural | H2572 fifty |
| righteous ones | הַצַּדִּיקִם֙ | haṣ·ṣad·dî·qim | Article; Adjective - masculine plural | H6662 just, righteous |
| lack | יַחְסְר֞וּן | yaḥ·sə·rūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H2637 lack, need, be lacking, decrease |
| five | חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה | ḥă·miš·šāh | Number - masculine singular | H2568 five |
| Will You destroy | הֲתַשְׁחִ֥ית | hă·ṯaš·ḥîṯ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H7843 go to ruin (?) |
| the whole | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| city | הָעִ֑יר | hā·‘îr | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5892 excitement |
| for the lack of five | בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה | ba·ḥă·miš·šāh | Preposition-b, Article; Number - masculine singular | H2568 five |
| He replied | וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| If | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| I find | אֶמְצָ֣א | ’em·ṣā | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H4672 attain to, find |
| forty-five | אַרְבָּעִ֖ים | ’ar·bā·‘îm | Number - common plural | H705 forty |
| there | שָׁ֔ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| I will not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| destroy | אַשְׁחִ֔ית | ’aš·ḥîṯ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | H7843 go to ruin (?) |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.