Genesis 19:20
Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
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ASV
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
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.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| הִנֵּה־ | hi.neh- | here! | H2009 → |
| נָ֠א | na' | please | H4994 → |
| הָעִ֨יר | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| הַזֹּ֧את | ha.Zot | <the> this | H2063 → |
| קְרֹבָ֛ה | ke.ro.Vah | [is] near | H7138 → |
| לָנ֥וּס | la.Nus | to flee | H5127 → |
| שָׁ֖מָּה | Sha.mah | there towards | H8033 → |
| וְהִ֣יא | ve.Hi' | and it | H1931 → |
| מִצְעָ֑ר | mitz.'Ar | [is] a small place | H4705 → |
| אִמָּלְטָ֨ה | 'i.mal.Tah | let me escape | H4422 → |
| נָּ֜א | na' | please | H4994 → |
| שָׁ֗מָּה | Sha.mah | there towards | H8033 → |
| הֲלֹ֥א | ha.Lo' | ¿ not | H3808 → |
| מִצְעָ֛ר | mitz.'Ar | a small place | H4705 → |
| הִ֖וא | hi' | [is] it | H1931 → |
| וּתְחִ֥י | u.te.Chi | so it may live | H2421 → |
| נַפְשִֽׁי׃ | naf.Shi | life my | H5315 → |
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