Genesis 20:7 — King James Version← Study notes
“Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.”
Genesis 20:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 20:721 words
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
הָשֵׁבhāšēvTurn
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
נָבִיאnāvîʾProphet
הוּאhûʾHe
וְיִתְפַּלֵּלwəyitəpalēlAnd judge
בַּעַדְךָbaʿadəḵāIn up to
וֶחְיֵהweḥəyēhAnd live
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
אֵינְךָʾênəḵāNonentity
מֵשִׁיבmēšîvTurn
דַּעdaʿKnow
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
מוֹתmwōtDie
תָּמוּתtāmûtDie
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לָךְlāḵəTo
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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