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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 20:13Hebrew 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
לִיTo
אָחִיʾāḥîBrother
הוּאhûʾHe
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
הִתְעוּhitəʿûVacillate
אֹתִיʾōtîdirect object marker (no translation)
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
מִבֵּיתmibêtFrom a house
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וָאֹמַרwāʾōmarAnd say
לָהּlāhTo
זֶהzehThis
חַסְדֵּךְḥasədēḵəKindness
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
תַּעֲשִׂיtaʿăśîDo
עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with
אֶלʾelNear
כָּלkālWhole
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נָבוֹאnāvwōʾGo
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
אִמְרִיʾimərîSay
לִיTo
אָחִיʾāḥîBrother
הוּאhûʾHe

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