Genesis 18:28
suppose 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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ASV
peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.
KJV
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| א֠וּלַי | 'U.lai | perhaps | H194 → |
| יַחְסְר֞וּן | yach.se.Run | they will lack ! | H2637 → |
| חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים | cha.mi.Shim | fifty | H2572 → |
| הַצַּדִּיקִם֙ | ha.tza.di.Kim | the righteous [people] | H6662 → |
| חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה | cha.mi.Shah | five | H2568 → |
| הֲתַשְׁחִ֥ית | ha.tash.Chit | ¿ will you destroy | H7843 → |
| בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה | ba.cha.mi.Shah | for five | H2568 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| הָעִ֑יר | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| אַשְׁחִ֔ית | 'ash.Chit | I will destroy [it] | H7843 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | if | H518 → |
| אֶמְצָ֣א | 'em.Tza' | I will find | H4672 → |
| שָׁ֔ם | Sham | there | H8033 → |
| אַרְבָּעִ֖ים | 'ar.ba.'Im | forty | H705 → |
| וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ | va.cha.mi.Shah | and five | H2568 → |
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