Genesis 20:13 — King James Version← Study notes
“And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.”
Genesis 20:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 20:1324 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
הִתְעוּhitəʿûVacillate
אֹתִיʾōtî—
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
מִבֵּיתmibêtFrom a house
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וָאֹמַרwāʾōmarAnd say
לָהּlāhTo
זֶהzehThis
חַסְדֵּךְḥasədēḵəKindness
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תַּעֲשִׂיtaʿăśîDo
עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with
אֶלʾelNear
כָּלkālWhole
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נָבוֹאnāvwōʾGo
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
אִמְרִיʾimərîSay
לִיlîTo
אָחִיʾāḥîBrother
הוּאhûʾHe
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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