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Genesis 18:28

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And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:	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].	And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do [it] for forty's sake.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Peradventure there shall lack^H2637 five^H2568 of the fifty^H2572 righteous^H6662: wilt thou destroy^H7843 all the city^H5892 for lack of five^H2568? And he said^H559, If I find^H4672 there forty^H705 and five^H2568, I will not destroy^H7843 it.

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Original Hebrew

אוּלַי יַחְסְרוּן חֲמִשִּׁים הַצַּדִּיקִם חֲמִשָּׁה הֲתַשְׁחִית בַּחֲמִשָּׁה אֶת־כָּל־הָעִיר וַיֹּאמֶר לֹא אַשְׁחִית אִם־אֶמְצָא שָׁם אַרְבָּעִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
א֠וּלַי	'U.lai	H194	HD	perhaps
יַחְסְר֞וּ/ן	yach.se.Ru/n	H2637	HVqi3mp/Sn	they will lack/ !
חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים	cha.mi.Shim	H2572	HAcbpa	fifty
הַ/צַּדִּיקִם֙	ha./tza.di.Kim	H6662	HTd/Aampa	the/ righteous (people)
חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה	cha.mi.Shah	H2568	HAcmsa	five
הֲ/תַשְׁחִ֥ית	ha./tash.Chit	H7843	HTi/Vhi2ms	¿/ will you destroy
בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁ֖ה	ba./cha.mi.Shah	H2568	HR/Acmsa	for/ five
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
הָ/עִ֑יר	ha./'Ir	H5892	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ city
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
אַשְׁחִ֔ית	'ash.Chit	H7843	HVhi1cs	I will destroy (it)
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
אֶמְצָ֣א	'em.Tza'	H4672	HVqi1cs	I will find
שָׁ֔ם	Sham	H8033	HD	there
אַרְבָּעִ֖ים	'ar.ba.'Im	H705	HAcbpa	forty
וַ/חֲמִשָּֽׁה	va./cha.mi.Shah	H2568	HC/Acmsa	and/ five

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H705 — אַרְבָּעִים (ʼarbâʻîym, ar-baw-eem'): multiple of אַרְבַּע; forty; -forty.
• H2568 — חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh, khaw-maysh'): masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral; five; fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).
• H2572 — חֲמִשִּׁים (chămishshîym, kham-ish-sheem'): multiple of חָמֵשׁ; fifty; fifty.
• H2637 — חָסֵר (châçêr, khaw-sare'): a primitive root; to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen; be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.
• H4672 — מָצָא (mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'): a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
• H5892 — עִיר (ʻîyr, eer): or (in the plural) עָר; or עָיַר; (Judges 10:4), from עוּר; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post); Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
• H6662 — צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq, tsad-deek'): from צָדַק; just; just, lawful, righteous (man).
• H7843 — שָׁחַת (shâchath, shaw-khath'): a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively); batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H194 — אוּלַי (ʼûwlay, oo-lah'ee): or (shortened) אֻלַי; from אוֹ; if not; hence perhaps; if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.
• H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• If I — Genesis 18:26, Genesis 18:29
• wilt — Numbers 14:17-19, 1 Kings 20:32-33, Job 23:3-4

Reciprocal references (1): Daniel 2:18

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ABRAHAM OR ABRAM, PRAYER
• Torrey’s: BOLDNESS, HOLY, PRAYER, INTERCESSORY, PRIVILEGES OF SAINTS
• Nave’s: ABRAHAM, BOLDNESS, COMMUNION, CONDESCENSION OF GOD, CURIOSITY, GOD, INTERCESSION, PRAYER, PRESUMPTION, RELIGION, SODOM

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