Genesis 19:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there— is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”

Young's Literal Translation
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.’

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
Look,
הִנֵּה־ (hin·nêh-)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

this
הַזֹּ֧את (haz·zōṯ)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

town
הָעִ֨יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

[is] near
קְרֹבָ֛ה (qə·rō·ḇāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7138: Near

enough for me flee to it,
לָנ֥וּס (lā·nūs)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away

and it
וְהִ֣יא (wə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is a small place.
מִצְעָ֑ר (miṣ·‘ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4705: Petty, a short

Please
נָ֠א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

let me flee
אִמָּלְטָ֨ה (’im·mā·lə·ṭāh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

there—
שָׁ֖מָּה (šām·māh)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

is it
הִ֖וא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

not
הֲלֹ֥א (hă·lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

a small place?
מִצְעָ֛ר (miṣ·‘ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4705: Petty, a short

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

will be saved.”
וּתְחִ֥י (ū·ṯə·ḥî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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