OET interlinear GEN 18:23

uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠יִּגַּ֥שׁ אַבְרָהָ֖ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_drew_near ʼAⱱrāhām and,he_said ?,also sweep_away law-abiding/just with wicked )

Alternate translation: [Then Abraham came closer to him]

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יֹּאמַ֑ר

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_drew_near ʼAⱱrāhām and,he_said ?,also sweep_away law-abiding/just with wicked )

Alternate translation: [and said to him]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הַ⁠אַ֣ף תִּסְפֶּ֔ה

?,also (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_drew_near ʼAⱱrāhām and,he_said ?,also sweep_away law-abiding/just with wicked )

Abraham uses a rhetorical question here to express his strong feelings and concern about what Yahweh told him. Consider whether or not it is clear and natural to use a rhetorical question here in your language. Make sure it does not sound like Abraham is angry or being rude. See how you translated a similar idiom wipe away in Genesis 6:7. Alternate translation: [Would you indeed wipe out] or [Surely you would not destroy]

צַדִּ֖יק

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_drew_near ʼAⱱrāhām and,he_said ?,also sweep_away law-abiding/just with wicked )

Alternate translation: [the good people in the city]

עִם

with

Alternate translation: [together with] or [when you destroy]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הַ⁠אַ֣ף תִּסְפֶּ֔ה צַדִּ֖יק עִם־רָשָֽׁע

?,also (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_drew_near ʼAⱱrāhām and,he_said ?,also sweep_away law-abiding/just with wicked )

The way you translate this rhetorical question will determine what punctuation mark you end this sentence with. If you use an exclamation point here, make sure it does not sound like Abraham was angry, shouting, or being disrespectful. Alternate translation: [Please do not sweep away the righteous with the wicked.] or [Surely you would not sweep away the righteous with the wicked!]