Genesis 19:20
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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.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.”
In other translations
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.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.”
Hebrew words
הִנֵּה־hineh-here!H2009נָאna'pleaseH4994הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892הַזֹּאתhazot<the> thisH2063קְרֹבָהkerovah[is] nearH7138לָנוּסlanusto fleeH5127שָׁמָּהshamahthere towardsH8033וְהִיאvehi'and itH1931מִצְעָרmitz'ar[is] a small placeH4705אִמָּלְטָה'imaltahlet me escapeH4422נָּאna'pleaseH4994שָׁמָּהshamahthere towardsH8033הֲלֹאhalo'¿ notH3808מִצְעָרmitz'ara small placeH4705הִואhi'[is] itH1931וּתְחִיutechiso it may liveH2421נַפְשִׁי׃nafshilife myH5315
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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