Genesis

Genesis 19:8

⁸Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Look	הִנֵּה־	hin·nêh-	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
I have	לִ֜י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
two	שְׁתֵּ֣י	šə·tê	Number - feminine dual construct	H8147 two
daughters	בָנ֗וֹת	ḇā·nō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H1323 daughter
who	אֲשֶׁ֤ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
have never	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
slept with	יָדְעוּ֙	yā·ḏə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know
a man	אִ֔ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
Let me bring	אוֹצִֽיאָה־	’ō·w·ṣî·’āh-	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H3318 go or come out
them	אֶתְהֶן֙	’eṯ·hen	Direct object marker; third person feminine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
to you	אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם	’ă·lê·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H413 motion to
and you can do	וַעֲשׂ֣וּ	wa·‘ă·śū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H6213 do, make
to them	לָהֶ֔ן	lā·hen	Preposition; third person feminine plural
as you please	כַּטּ֖וֹב	kaṭ·ṭō·wḇ	Preposition-k, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
But	רַ֠ק	raq	Adverb	H7535 thin
do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
do	תַּעֲשׂ֣וּ	ta·‘ă·śū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H6213 do, make
anything	דָבָ֔ר	ḏā·ḇār	Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
to these	הָאֵל֙	hā·’êl	Article; Pronoun - common plural	H411 these, those
men	לָֽאֲנָשִׁ֤ים	lā·’ă·nā·šîm	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H582 man, mankind
for	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they have come	בָּ֖אוּ	bā·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
under the protection	בְּצֵ֥ל	bə·ṣêl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6738 shadow
of my roof	קֹרָתִֽי׃	qō·rā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H6982 rafter, beam

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Judges 19:24 · Genesis 19:31–38 · Genesis 18:5 · Mark 9:6 · Judges 9:15 · Romans 3:8 · Genesis 42:37 · Isaiah 58:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.