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Genesis 20:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.


Genesis 20:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 20:518 words
הֲלֹאhălōʾNot
הוּאhûʾHe
אָמַרʾāmarSay
לִיTo
אֲחֹתִיʾăḥōtîSister
הִואhiwʾHe
וְהִיאwəhîʾAnd he
גַםgamAssemblage
הִואhiwʾHe
אָמְרָהʾāmərāhSay
אָחִיʾāḥîBrother
הוּאhûʾHe
בְּתָםbətāmIn completeness
לְבָבִיləvāvîHeart
וּבְנִקְיֹןûvəniqəyōnAnd in clearness
כַּפַּיkapayHollow hand
עָשִׂיתִיʿāśîtîDo
זֹאתzōʾtThis
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

הֲלֹאhălōʾNot
הוּאhûʾHe
אָמַרʾāmarSay
לִיTo
אֲחֹתִיʾăḥōtîSister
הִואhiwʾHe
וְהִיאwəhîʾAnd he
גַםgamAssemblage
הִואhiwʾHe
אָמְרָהʾāmərāhSay
אָחִיʾāḥîBrother
הוּאhûʾHe
בְּתָםbətāmIn completeness
לְבָבִיləvāvîHeart
וּבְנִקְיֹןûvəniqəyōnAnd in clearness
כַּפַּיkapayHollow hand
עָשִׂיתִיʿāśîtîDo
זֹאתzōʾtThis

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