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 20:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 20:1213 words
וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage
אָמְנָהʾāmənāhSurely
אֲחֹתִיʾăḥōtîSister
בַתvatDaughter
אָבִיʾāvîFather
הִואhiwʾHe
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
לֹאlōʾNot
בַתvatDaughter
אִמִּיʾimîMother
וַתְּהִיwatəhîAnd exist
לִיlîTo
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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