Genesis 18:32
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
פֵּן
pên
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
עֶשֶׂר
ʻeser
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
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
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
עֶשֶׂר
ʻeser
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
Key Terms in This Verse
פֵּן pên
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
Study H6435 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
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
Study H4672 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →עוֹד ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
Study H5750 →Cross References
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Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
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The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
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