| “And Lot” | ל֣וֹט | Lot, Abraham's nephew | Lot |
| “lifted up” | וַיִּשָּׂא | To lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative | lifted up |
| “his eyes,” | עֵינָ֗יו | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | eyes |
| “and beheld” | וַיַּרְא֙ | To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | beheld |
| “all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the plain” | כִּכַּ֣ר | A circle, i.e., (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large [round] coin) | plain |
| “of Jordan,” | הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן | Jarden, the principal river of Palestine | Jordan |
| “that” | כִּ֥י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | that |
| “it well watered” | מַשְׁקֶ֑ה | Properly, causing to drink, i.e., a butler | well watered |
| “was” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “every where,” | כֻלָּ֖הּ | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | every |
| “before” | לִפְנֵ֣י׀ | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | before |
| “the Lord” | יְהוָ֗ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “destroyed” | שַׁחֵ֣ת | To decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively) | destroyed |
| “Sodom” | סְדֹם֙ | Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea | Sodom |
| “and Gomorrah,” | עֲמֹרָ֔ה | Amorah, a place in Palestine | Gomorrah |
| “even” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
| “as the garden” | כְּגַן | A garden (as fenced) | garden |
| “of the Lord,” | יְהוָה֙ | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “like the land” | כְּאֶ֣רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | like land |
| “of Egypt,” | מִצְרַ֔יִם | Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt | Egypt |
| “as thou comest” | בֹּֽאֲכָ֖ה | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | comest |
| “unto Zoar.” | צֹֽעַר׃ | Tsoar, a place East of the Jordan | Zoar |