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Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? (KJV)
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אוּלַ֥י'u.Laiperhaps
Lemma: אוּלַי (u.lay) · Strong's: H0194
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: perhaps
Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 16:2, Genesis 18:28, Genesis 18:29, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 18:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0194; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 1
יֵ֛שׁyeshthere
Lemma: יֵשׁ (yesh) · Strong's: H3426
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)
Meaning: there
Used 138 times. Also: Genesis 23:8, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 28:16, Genesis 31:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3426; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 2
חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםcha.mi.Shim[are] fifty
Lemma: חֲמִשִּׁים (cha.mish.shim) · Strong's: H2572
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)
Meaning: fifty
Used 163 times. Also: Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:24, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 9:28, Genesis 9:29, Genesis 18:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2572; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 3
צַדִּיקִ֖םtza.di.Kimrighteous [people]
Lemma: צַדִּיק (tsad.diq) · Strong's: H6662
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: righteous
Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 18:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6662; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 4
בְּת֣וֹךְbe.Tokhin [the] midst of
Lemma: תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) · Strong's: H8432
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: midst
Used 416 times. Also: Genesis 1:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 9:21, Genesis 15:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8432; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 5
הָעִ֑ירha.'Irthe city
Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: city
Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 6
הַאַ֤ףha.'Af¿ also
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0637
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: also
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 40:16, Leviticus 26:16, Leviticus 26:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0637; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 7
תִּסְפֶּה֙tis.Pehwill you sweep [it] away
Lemma: סָפָה (sa.phah) · Strong's: H5595
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to snatch
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17, Numbers 16:26, Numbers 32:14, Deuteronomy 29:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5595; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 8
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 9
תִשָּׂ֣אti.Sa'will you forgive?
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to lift: bear
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 4:13, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:7, Genesis 42:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375H; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 10
לַמָּק֔וֹםla.ma.Kom<to> the place
Lemma: מָקוֹם (ma.qom) · Strong's: H4725
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: place
Used 401 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4725; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 11
לְמַ֛עַןle.Ma.'anfor [the] sake of
Lemma: מַ֫עַן (ma.an) · Strong's: H4616
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: because
Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 12:13, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 50:20, Exodus 1:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4616; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 12
חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםcha.mi.Shimfifty
Lemma: חֲמִשִּׁים (cha.mish.shim) · Strong's: H2572
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)
Meaning: fifty
Used 163 times. Also: Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:24, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 9:28, Genesis 9:29, Genesis 18:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2572; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 13
הַצַּדִּיקִ֖םha.tza.di.Kimthe righteous [people]
Lemma: צַדִּיק (tsad.diq) · Strong's: H6662
Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)
Meaning: righteous
Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 18:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6662; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 14
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwho
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 15
בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ\׃be.kir.Bah[are] in midst its
Lemma: קֶ֫רֶב (qe.rev) · Strong's: H7130G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: entrails: among
Used 199 times. Also: Genesis 18:12, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 41:21, Genesis 45:6, Genesis 48:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7130G; TAHOT Genesis 18:24 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| What if | → | אוּלַי H0194 perhaps |
| there are | → | יֵשׁ H3426 there |
| fifty | → | חֲמִשִּׁים H2572 fifty |
| righteous ones | → | צַדִּיק H6662 righteous |
| in | → | תָּ֫וֶךְ H8432 midst |
| the city | → | עִיר H5892B city |
| Will You really | → | אַף H0637 also |
| sweep it away | → | סָפָה H5595 to snatch |
| and not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| spare | → | נָשָׂא H5375H to lift: bear |
| the place | → | מָקוֹם H4725 place |
| for the sake of | → | מַ֫עַן H4616 because |
| the fifty | → | חֲמִשִּׁים H2572 fifty |
| righteous ones | → | צַדִּיק H6662 righteous |
| who | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| are there | → | קֶ֫רֶב H7130G entrails: among |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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