Lack of five, Heb. for five, or because of five, to wit, which are lacking or wanting. The same supplement we have also Psalms 119:24 Lamentations 4:9.
Related Commentaries of Genesis 18:28
Genesis 18:28
28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.