Genesis 12:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.”

Genesis 12:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 12:1913 words

לָמָהlāmāhTo what?

אָמַרְתָּʾāmarətāSay

אֲחֹתִיʾăḥōtîSister

הִואhiwʾHe

וָאֶקַּחwāʾeqaḥAnd take

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

לִיlîTo

לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

אִשְׁתְּךָʾišətəḵāWoman

קַחqaḥTake

וָלֵךְwālēḵəAnd walk

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לָמָהlāmāhTo what?

אָמַרְתָּʾāmarətāSay

אֲחֹתִיʾăḥōtîSister

הִואhiwʾHe

וָאֶקַּחwāʾeqaḥAnd take

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

לִיlîTo

לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

אִשְׁתְּךָʾišətəḵāWoman

קַחqaḥTake

וָלֵךְwālēḵəAnd walk

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