KJV: And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
YLT: And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it is all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar,
Darby: And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan that it was thoroughly watered, before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; as the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as one goes to Zoar.
ASV: And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.
וַיִּשָּׂא־ | And lifted up |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָשָׂא Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take. |
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ל֣וֹט | Lot |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: לֹוט Sense: son of Haran and Abraham’s nephew who settled in Sodom and was delivered from its destruction by God. |
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אֶת־ | - |
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative. |
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עֵינָ֗יו | his eyes |
Parse: Noun, cdc, third person masculine singular Root: עֹונָה Sense: eye. |
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וַיַּרְא֙ | and saw |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider. |
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כִּכַּ֣ר | the plain |
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: כִּכָּר Sense: round. |
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הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן | of the Jordan |
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: יַרְדֵּן Sense: the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approx 200 miles (320 km). |
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כִּ֥י | that |
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since. |
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כֻלָּ֖הּ | everywhere |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole. |
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--מַשְׁקֶ֑ה | it [was] well watered |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מַשְׁקֶה Sense: irrigation, drink. |
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לִפְנֵ֣י ׀ | before |
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face. |
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שַׁחֵ֣ת | destroyed |
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct Root: שָׁחַת Sense: to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay. |
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יְהוָ֗ה | Yahweh |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God. |
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סְדֹם֙ | Sodom |
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: סְדֹם Sense: a Canaanite city, usually paired with Gomorrah, located in the area of the Dead Sea and the Jordan river; both cities destroyed by God in judgment. |
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)עֲמֹרָ֔ה | Gomorrah |
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: עֲמֹרָה Sense: the twin-city in evil with Sodom, both destroyed in judgment by God with fire from heaven. |
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כְּגַן־ | like the garden |
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, common singular construct Root: גַּן Sense: garden, enclosure. |
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יְהוָה֙ | of Yahweh |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God. |
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כְּאֶ֣רֶץ | like the land |
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth. |
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--מִצְרַ֔יִם | of Egypt |
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: מִצְרַיִם Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”. |
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בֹּאֲכָ֖ה | as you go |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, second person masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in. |
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צֹֽעַר | toward Zoar |
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: צָעֹור Sense: a city at the southeast end of the Dead Sea grouped with Sodom and Gomorrah as being one of the 5 cities slated for destruction by God; spared at Lot’s plea as his place of refuge. |