The Meaning of Genesis 19:20 Explained

Genesis 19:20

KJV: 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.

YLT: lo, I pray thee, this city is near to flee thither, and it is little; let me escape, I pray thee, thither, (is it not little?) and my soul doth live.'

Darby: Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is small: I pray thee, let me escape thither is it not small? and my soul shall live.

ASV: 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.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 19:20?

MEANING: What does Genesis 19:20 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Genesis 19:20 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Genesis 19:20?

What is the context of Genesis 19:20?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Genesis 19:20 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 19:12-23 - Sodom And Gomorrah Destroyed

It was a very weak nature that heaven was so eager to rescue. Though described as a righteous man, Lot was a very weak one. He had pitched his tent toward Sodom, but apparently had been unable to resist its attractions, and had gone to live within its precincts. It would almost appear that he had become one of its leading citizens. Therefore, his testimony for God was invalidated and worthless. He seemed as one that mocked, even to his own family. How the angels must have loved this work. There were four people to be saved, and between them, in the human forms they had assumed, there were four hands-one for each. Is not this work in which we all should share? Let us hasten the lingerers! It is fatal to look behind. All our past is strewn with the memories of our sins and failures. There is but one hope. Escape to the Cross of the Divine Redeemer! Shelter in the cleft Rock of Ages! Hasten to the open arms of the Father! [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 19

¹ Lot entertains two angels
⁴ The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness
¹² Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law
¹⁵ He is directed to flee to the mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar
²⁴ Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed
²⁶ Lot's wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt
²⁹ Lot dwells in a cave
³¹ The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon

What do the individual words in Genesis 19:20 mean?

Behold now the city this [is] near to flee there and it [is] a small place Let me escape please there [is] not a small place it and shall live my soul

הִנֵּה־ נָ֠א הָעִ֨יר הַזֹּ֧את קְרֹבָ֛ה לָנ֥וּס שָׁ֖מָּה וְהִ֣יא מִצְעָ֑ר אִמָּלְטָ֨ה נָּ֜א שָׁ֗מָּה הֲלֹ֥א מִצְעָ֛ר ؟ הִ֖וא וּתְחִ֥י נַפְשִֽׁי

הִנֵּה־	Behold
Parse: Interjection Root: הִנֵּה Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
נָ֠א	now
Parse: Interjection Root: נָא Sense: I (we) pray, now, please.
הָעִ֨יר	the city
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish.
הַזֹּ֧את	this
Parse: Article, Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
קְרֹבָ֛ה	[is] near
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular Root: קָרֹוב Sense: near.
לָנ֥וּס	to flee
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: נוּס Sense: to flee, escape.
וְהִ֣יא	and it [is]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person feminine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
מִצְעָ֑ר	a small place
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מִצְעָר Sense: a small thing.
אִמָּלְטָ֨ה	Let me escape
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular Root: מָלַט Sense: to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered.
נָּ֜א	please
Parse: Interjection Root: נָא Sense: I (we) pray, now, please.
הֲלֹ֥א	[is] not
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
מִצְעָ֛ר	a small place
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מִצְעָר Sense: a small thing.
וּתְחִ֥י	and shall live
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Jussive, third person feminine singular Root: חָיָה Sense: to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health.
נַפְשִֽׁי	my soul
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: נֶפֶשׁ Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.

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