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Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, ( is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. (KJV)

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הִנֵּה\־hi.neh-here!

Lemma: הִנֵּה (hin.neh) · Strong's: H2009

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: behold

Used 841 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2009; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 1

נָ֠אna'please

Lemma: נָא (na) · Strong's: H4994

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: please

Used 404 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 15:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4994; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 2

הָעִ֨ירha.'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 19:20 word 3

הַזֹּ֧אתha.Zot<the> this

Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 4

קְרֹבָ֛הke.ro.Vah[is] near

Lemma: קָרֹב (qa.rov) · Strong's: H7138

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)

Meaning: near

Used 77 times. Also: Genesis 45:10, Exodus 12:4, Exodus 13:17, Exodus 32:27, Leviticus 10:3, Leviticus 21:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7138; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 5

לָנ֥וּסla.Nusto flee

Lemma: נוּס (nus) · Strong's: H5127

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to flee

Used 157 times. Also: Genesis 14:10, Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:13, Genesis 39:15, Genesis 39:18, Exodus 4:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5127; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 6

שָׁ֖מָּהSha.mahthere towards

Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: there

Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 7

וְהִ֣יאve.Hi'and it

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 8

מִצְעָ֑רmitz.'Ar[is] a small place

Lemma: מִצְעָר (mits.ar) · Strong's: H4705

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: little

Used 5 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 24:24, Job 8:7, Isaiah 63:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4705; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 9

אִמָּלְטָ֨ה'i.mal.Tahlet me escape

Lemma: מָלַט (ma.lat) · Strong's: H4422

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVNc1cs)

Meaning: to escape

Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:22, Judges 3:26, Judges 3:29, 1 Samuel 19:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4422; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 10

נָּ֜אna'please

Lemma: נָא (na) · Strong's: H4994

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: please

Used 404 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 15:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4994; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 11

שָׁ֗מָּהSha.mahthere towards

Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: there

Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 12

הֲלֹ֥אha.Lo'¿ 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 19:20 word 13

מִצְעָ֛רmitz.'Ara small place

Lemma: מִצְעָר (mits.ar) · Strong's: H4705

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: little

Used 5 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 24:24, Job 8:7, Isaiah 63:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4705; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 14

הִ֖ואhi'[is] it

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 15

וּתְחִ֥יu.te.Chiso it may live

Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqj3fs)

Meaning: to live

Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 16

נַפְשִֽׁי\׃naf.Shilife my

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: soul: life

Used 206 times. Also: Genesis 1:30, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315H; TAHOT Genesis 19:20 word 17

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Look	→	הִנֵּה H2009 behold
there [is]	→	זֹאת H2063 this
a town	→	עִיר H5892B city
nearby	→	קָרֹב H7138 near
where	→	שָׁם H8033G there
I can flee	→	נוּס H5127 to flee
and it	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
is a small place	→	מִצְעָר H4705 little
Please	→	נָא H4994 please
let me flee	→	מָלַט H4422 to escape
. . .	→	נָא H4994 please
there	→	שָׁם H8033G there
is it	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
not	→	לֹא H3808 not
a small place	→	מִצְעָר H4705 little
Then my life	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315H soul: life
will be saved	→	חָיָה H2421 to live

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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