Genesis 12:18 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?”
Genesis 12:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 12:1815 words
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh
לְאַבְרָםləʾavərāmTo Abram
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מַהmahWhat?
זֹּאתzōʾtThis
עָשִׂיתָʿāśîtāDo
לִּיlîTo
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
לֹאlōʾNot
הִגַּדְתָּhigadətāFront
לִּיlîTo
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אִשְׁתְּךָʾišətəḵāWoman
הִואhiwʾHe
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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