Revised Version 1895

Genesis 19:4-13

4Butbeforeטֶרֶם֮te.RemH2962theylayH7901downיִשְׁכָּבוּ֒yish.ka.VuH7901, themenH376of thecityהָעִ֜ירha.'IrH5892,evenוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704themenH376ofSodomסְדֹם֙se.DomH5467, compassed thehouseהַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitH1004roundנָסַ֣בּוּna.Sa.buH5437,bothH3605youngמִנַּ֖עַרmi.Na.'arH5288andoldזָקֵ֑ןza.KenH2205,allH3605thepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971fromeveryH3605quarter;

5and theycalledוַיִּקְרְא֤וּvai.yik.re.'UH7121untoLotלוֹט֙lOtH3876, andsaidוַיֹּ֣אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559unto him,WhereH834are themenH376whichH834cameH935in to thee thisnightהַלָּ֑יְלָהha.La.ye.lahH3915?bringH935themoutהוֹצִיאֵ֣םho.tzi.'EmH3318untousH413, thatweH834mayknowוְנֵדְעָ֖הve.ne.de.'AhH3045them.

6AndLotל֖וֹטLotH3876wentH3318outH3318unto them to thedoorוְהַדֶּ֖לֶתve.ha.De.letH1817, andshutסָגַ֥רsa.GarH5462thedoorH1817afterאַחֲרָֽיו׃'a.cha.RavH310him.

7And hesaidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559, Iprayנָ֥אna'H4994you, mybrethrenאַחַ֖י'a.ChaiH251,doH408notH408soH408wickedly.

8Beholdהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009nowH4994, I havetwoשְׁתֵּ֣יshe.TeiH8147daughtersבָנ֗וֹתva.NotH1323whichH834havenotH3808knownיָדְעוּ֙ya.de.'UH3045manאִ֔ישׁ'IshH376;letH4994meאֲלֵיכֶ֔ם'a.lei.KhemH413, IprayH4994youH834,bringH935themoutאוֹצִֽיאָה־'o.tzi.'ah-H3318untoyouH834, anddoוַעֲשׂ֣וּva.'a.SuH6213ye to them as isgoodכַּטּ֖וֹבka.TovH2896in youreyesבְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑םbe.'ei.nei.KhemH5869:onlyרַ֠קrakH7535untotheseהָאֵל֙ha.'ElH411menH376doתַּעֲשׂ֣וּta.'a.SuH6213nothingH3808; forasmuch as they arecomeבָּ֖אוּBa.'uH935underעַל־'al-H5921theshadowבְּצֵ֥לbe.TzelH6738of myroofקֹרָתִֽי׃ko.ra.TiH6982.

9And theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּ׀vai.yo.me.RuH559,StandH935backH935. And theysaidוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙vai.yo.me.RuH559, This onefellowH376cameH935in to sojourn, and he will needs be ajudgeH8199:nowעַתָּ֕ה'a.TahH6258willweH6258dealמְאֹ֔דme.'OdH3966worse with thee, than with them. And theypressedוַיִּפְצְר֨וּvai.yif.tze.RuH6484soreuponH935themanבָאִ֤ישׁva.'IshH376, evenLotבְּלוֹט֙be.lOtH3876, anddrewגֶּשׁ־gesh-H5066nearוַֽיִּגְּשׁ֖וּvai.yi.ge.ShuH5066tobreakלִשְׁבֹּ֥רlish.BorH7665thedoorהַדָּֽלֶת׃ha.Da.letH1817.

10But themenH376putH7971forthH7971theirhandיָדָ֔םya.DamH3027, andbroughtוַיָּבִ֧יאוּvai.ya.Vi.'uH935Lotל֛וֹטLotH3876intoאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.HemH413thehouseהַבָּ֑יְתָהha.Ba.ye.tahH1004to them, andshutסָגָֽרוּ׃sa.Ga.ruH5462to thedoorהַדֶּ֖לֶתha.De.letH1817.

11And theysmoteהִכּוּ֙hi.KuH5221themenH376that were at thedoorH6607of thehouseהַבַּ֗יִתha.Ba.yitH1004withblindnessבַּסַּנְוֵרִ֔יםba.san.ve.RimH5575, bothsmallמִקָּטֹ֖ןmi.ka.TonH6996andgreatגָּד֑וֹלga.DolH1419:soאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834that theyweariedוַיִּלְא֖וּvai.yil.'UH3811themselvesH6607tofindלִמְצֹ֥אlim.Tzo'H4672thedoorH6607.

12And themenH376saidוַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559untoLotל֗וֹטLotH3876, Hast thouhereפֹ֔הFohH6311anyוְכֹ֥לve.KholH3605besidesעֹ֚ד'odH5750?sonוּבָנֶ֣יךָu.va.Nei.khaH1121in law, and thysonsH1121, and thydaughtersוּבְנֹתֶ֔יךָu.ve.no.Tei.khaH1323, and whomsoever thou hast in thecityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892;bringהוֹצֵ֖אho.Tze'H3318themoutH3318of theplaceהַמָּקֽוֹם׃ha.ma.KomH4725:

13forweאֲנַ֔חְנוּ'a.Nach.nuH587willdestroyמַשְׁחִתִ֣יםmash.chi.TimH7843thisplaceהַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.KomH4725,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588thecryצַעֲקָתָם֙tza.'a.ka.TamH6818of them is waxengreatגָֽדְלָ֤הga.de.LahH1431beforeפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; and theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hathsentוַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּvay.sha.le.Che.nuH7971usכִּֽי־ki-H3588todestroyלְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃le.sha.cha.TahH7843it.

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