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Genesis 20:3 — King James Version← Study notes

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.


Genesis 20:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 20:317 words
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶלʾelNear
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
בַּחֲלוֹםbaḥălwōmIn dream
הַלָּיְלָהhalāyəlāhThe twist
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לוֹlwōTo
הִנְּךָhinəḵāLo!
מֵתmētDie
עַלʿalAbove
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לָקַחְתָּlāqaḥətāTake
וְהִואwəhiwʾAnd he
בְּעֻלַתbəʿulatBe master
בָּעַלbāʿalMaster
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶלʾelNear
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
בַּחֲלוֹםbaḥălwōmIn dream
הַלָּיְלָהhalāyəlāhThe twist
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לוֹlwōTo
הִנְּךָhinəḵāLo!
מֵתmētDie
עַלʿalAbove
הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לָקַחְתָּlāqaḥətāTake
וְהִואwəhiwʾAnd he
בְּעֻלַתbəʿulatBe master
בָּעַלbāʿalMaster

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