Genesis
Genesis 19:17
17As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As soon as the men had brought | כְהוֹצִיאָ֨ם | ḵə·hō·w·ṣî·’ām | Preposition-k; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural | H3318 go or come out |
| them | אֹתָ֜ם | ’ō·ṯām | Direct object marker; third person masculine plural | H853 mark of the accusative |
| out | הַח֗וּצָה | ha·ḥū·ṣāh | Article; Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H2351 the outside |
| one of them said | וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Run | הִמָּלֵ֣ט | him·mā·lêṭ | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular | H4422 slip away |
| for | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| your lives | נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ | nap̄·še·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| Do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| look | תַּבִּ֣יט | tab·bîṭ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H5027 look |
| back | אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ | ’a·ḥă·re·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H310 behind |
| and do not | וְאַֽל־ | wə·’al- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| stop | תַּעֲמֹ֖ד | ta·‘ă·mōḏ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H5975 take one's stand, stand |
| anywhere | בְּכָל־ | bə·ḵāl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| on the plain | הַכִּכָּ֑ר | hak·kik·kār | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H3603 a round |
| Flee | הִמָּלֵ֖ט | him·mā·lêṭ | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular | H4422 slip away |
| to the mountains | הָהָ֥רָה | hā·hā·rāh | Article; Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
| or | פֶּן־ | pen- | Conjunction | H6435 lest |
| you will be swept away | תִּסָּפֶֽה׃ | tis·sā·p̄eh | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H5595 sweep away or snatch away, catch up |
Cross-references
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Matthew 24:16–18 · Luke 9:62 · Philippians 3:13–14 · Genesis 19:26 · Genesis 19:22 · Matthew 3:7 · Luke 17:31–32 · Jeremiah 48:6 · 1 Kings 19:3 · Genesis 13:10 · Psalm 121:1 · Genesis 19:14–15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.