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Genesis 12:13 Interlinear

“Say I pray thee thou art my sister that it may be well shall live with me for thy sake and my soul because of thee”

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Genesis 12 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אִמְרִי	H559	Say	to say (used with great latitude)
2	נָ֖א	H4994	I pray thee	'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
3	אֲחֹ֣תִי	H269	thou art my sister	a sister (used very widely [like h0251], literally and figuratively)
4	אָ֑תְּ	H859		thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
5	לְמַ֙עַן֙	H4616	that	properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
6	יִֽיטַב	H3190	it may be well	to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
7	לִ֣י	H0
8	בַֽעֲבוּרֵ֔ךְ	H5668		properly, crossed, i.e., (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that
9	וְחָֽיְתָ֥ה	H2421	shall live	to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
10	נַפְשִׁ֖י	H5315	with me for thy sake and my soul	properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
11	בִּגְלָלֵֽךְ׃	H1558	because of thee	a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of

Genesis 12:13 (current)Say I pray thee thou art my sister that it may be well shall live with me for thy sake and my soul because of thee