Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 20:3 Interlinear

came But God 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 wife for she is a man's

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיָּבֹ֧אH935cameto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
2אֱלֹהִ֛יםH430But Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
3אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
4אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְH40to Abimelechabimelek, the name of two philistine kings and of two israelites
5בַּֽחֲל֣וֹםH2472in a dreama dream
6הַלָּ֑יְלָהH3915by nightproperly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
7וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
8ל֗וֹH0
9הִנְּךָ֥H2009lo!
10מֵת֙H4191to him Behold thou art but a dead manto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
11עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
12הָֽאִשָּׁ֣הH802for the womana woman
13אֲשֶׁרH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
14לָקַ֔חְתָּH3947which thou hast takento take (in the widest variety of applications)
15וְהִ֖ואH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
16בְּעֻ֥לַתH1166wifeto be master; hence, to marry
17בָּֽעַל׃H1167for she is a man'sa master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

Verse Context

Genesis 20:2said And Abraham of Sarah his wife She is my sister...
Genesis 20:3 (current)came But God 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 wife for she is a man's
Genesis 20:4But Abimelech had not come near her and he said Lord...

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