H9001–/וַ–v

And Jehovah saith, `If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes;

וַיַּ֥עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous -- dost Thou destroy for five the whole of the city?' and He saith, `I destroy `it' not, if I find there forty and five.'

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he addeth again to speak unto Him and saith, `Peradventure there are found there forty?' and He saith, `I do `it' not, because of the forty.'

וַיֹּ֨סֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he saith, `Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?' and He saith, `I do `it' not, if I find there thirty.'

וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there are found there twenty?' and He saith, `I do not destroy `it', because of the twenty.'

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he saith, `Let it not be, I pray Thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak only this time: peradventure there are found there ten?' and He saith, `I do not destroy `it', because of the ten.'

וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah goeth on, when He hath finished speaking unto Abraham, and Abraham hath turned back to his place.

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- face to the earth,

וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיַּרְא־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ (וַ) va “and”

and he saith, `Lo, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, unto the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet -- then ye have risen early and gone on your way;' and they say, `Nay, but in the broad place we do lodge.'

וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֣ם (וַ) va. “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he presseth on them greatly, and they turn aside unto him, and come in unto his house; and he maketh for them a banquet, and hath baked unleavened things; and they do eat.

וַיִּפְצַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּסֻ֣רוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

and they call unto Lot and say to him, `Where `are' the men who have come in unto thee to-night? bring them out unto us, and we know them.'

וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Lot goeth out unto them, to the opening, and the door hath shut behind him,

וַיֵּצֵ֧א (וַ) va “and”

and saith, `Do not, I pray you, my brethren, do evil;

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

And they say, `Come nigh hither;' they say also, `This one hath come in to sojourn, and he certainly judgeth! now, we do evil to thee more than `to' them;' and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come nigh to break the door.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֣ט (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְצְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the men put forth their hand, and bring in Lot unto them, into the house, and have shut the door;

וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֧יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

and the men who `are' at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening.

וַיִּלְא֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the men say unto Lot, `Whom hast thou here still? son-in-law, thy sons also, and thy daughters, and all whom thou hast in the city, bring out from this place;

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great `before' the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.'

וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, `Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;' and he is as `one' mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

וַיֵּצֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, `Rise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found present, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.'

וַיָּאִ֥יצוּ (וַ) va “and”

And he lingereth, and the men lay hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, through the mercy of Jehovah unto him, and they bring him out, and cause him to rest without the city.

וַֽיִּתְמַהְמָ֓הּ׀ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּחֲזִ֨קוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּצִאֻ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּנִּחֻ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, `Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.'

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Lot saith unto them, `Not `so', I pray thee, my lord;

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, and thou dost make great thy kindness which thou hast done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave `to' me, and I have died;

וַתַּגְדֵּ֣ל (וַ) va. “and”וָמַֽתִּי׃ (וָ) va. “and”