Genesis 19:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

King James Bible
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Hebrew
Your servant
עַבְדְּךָ֣ (‘aḇ·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

has indeed
הִנֵּה־ (hin·nêh-)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

found
מָצָ֨א (mā·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

favor
חֵן֮ (ḥên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2580: Graciousness, subjective, objective

in your sight,
בְּעֵינֶיךָ֒ (bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

and you have shown
עָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ (‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

me great
וַתַּגְדֵּ֣ל (wat·taḡ·dêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1431: To grow up, become great

kindness
חַסְדְּךָ֗ (ḥas·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

by sparing
לְהַחֲי֖וֹת (lə·ha·ḥă·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

my life.
נַפְשִׁ֑י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

But I
וְאָנֹכִ֗י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

cannot
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

run
לְהִמָּלֵ֣ט (lə·him·mā·lêṭ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

to the mountains;
הָהָ֔רָה (hā·hā·rāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

the disaster
הָרָעָ֖ה (hā·rā·‘āh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

will overtake me,
תִּדְבָּקַ֥נִי (tiḏ·bā·qa·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit

and I will die.
וָמַֽתִּי׃ (wā·mat·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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