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Genesis 20:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.


Genesis 20:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 20:1213 words
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
אָמְנָהʾāmənāhSurely
אֲחֹתִיʾăḥōtîSister
בַתvatDaughter
אָבִיʾāvîFather
הִואhiwʾHe
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
לֹאlōʾNot
בַתvatDaughter
אִמִּיʾimîMother
וַתְּהִיwatəhîAnd exist
לִיTo
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
אָמְנָהʾāmənāhSurely
אֲחֹתִיʾăḥōtîSister
בַתvatDaughter
אָבִיʾāvîFather
הִואhiwʾHe
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
לֹאlōʾNot
בַתvatDaughter
אִמִּיʾimîMother
וַתְּהִיwatəhîAnd exist
לִיTo
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

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