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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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּבֹ֧אwayābōʾ
and he cameconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֱלֹהִ֛יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְʾăbiymelekə
AbimelechnounH40
בַּ/חֲל֣וֹםbaḥălwōm
in a dreampronH2472
הַ/לָּ֑יְלָהhalāyəlāh
the nightparticleH3915
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ל֗/וֹlwō
pron
הִנְּ/ךָ֥hinəkā
here youparticleH2009
lo · see
מֵת֙mēt
are about to dieverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/אִשָּׁ֣הhāʾišāh
the womanparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whomparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
לָקַ֔חְתָּlāqaḥətā
you have takenverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
וְ/הִ֖ואwəhiwʾ
and sheconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
בְּעֻ֥לַתbəʿulat
is married ofverbH1166
be husband · marry(-ried · wife)
בָּֽעַלbāʿal
a husbandnounH1167
archer · babbler · bird · chief man ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Abraham has lied about Sarah being his wife, and Abimelech - a foreign king - is warned by God in a dream that he's taken a married woman. Abimelech hasn't actually done anything wrong; he's been prot...
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