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But the menוַ הָאֲנָשִׁיםreached outיִּשְׁלְחוּtheir handsאֶת יָדָםand broughtוַיָּבִיאוּLotאֶת לוֹטinto the houseהַבָּיְתָהwith them,אֲלֵיהֶםandוְshutסָגָרוּthe door.אֶת הַדֶּלֶת
Genesis 19:10
Study it in the app“But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 19:10, word by word
- But the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- reached outיִּשְׁלְחוּyishlchu
stretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “yishlchu” appears- their handsיָדָyada
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appears- and broughtיָּבִיאוּyaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yaviu” appears- Lotלוֹטlot
Lot
Lot, nephew of Abram, son of Haran; he settled in Sodom and was saved from its destruction. Father of Moab and Ammon.
Where else “lot” appears- into the houseבָּיְתָbayta
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayta” appears- shutסָגָרוּsagaru
shut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “sagaru” appears- the doorדֶּלֶתdelet
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “delet” appears
The context
9But they said, “Step aside!” And they said, “This one came to reside as an alien, and he keeps acting as judge! Now we will do worse to you than to them.” And they pressed hard against the man, against Lot, and came near to break the door.
10 · This verse (above)
11And the men who were at the entrance of the house they struck with blindness, from small to great, so that they wore themselves out trying to find the entrance.
To study Genesis 19 in a group
1. What it says
How was Lot’s family brought out of Sodom, and what happened to Lot’s wife (vv. 15-26)?
2. What it means
What does the text show about Elohim’s mercy in bringing Lot out of the city (vv. 16, 29)?
3. How I live it
What from the past is hard for you to let go of, and what step could help you move forward?