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And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake. (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 1

אַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamAbraham

Lemma: אַבְרָהָם (av.ra.ham) · Strong's: H0085

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Abraham

Used 175 times. Also: Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:15, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 17:18, Genesis 17:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0085; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 2

כִּ֣יkithat

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 3

אָמַ֗רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiI said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 4

רַ֚קrakcertainly

Lemma: רַק (raq) · Strong's: H7535

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: except

Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 24:8, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 41:40 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7535; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 5

אֵין\־'ein-there not

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 6

יִרְאַ֣תyir.'At[is] [the] fear of

Lemma: יִרְאָה (yir.ah) · Strong's: H3374

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: fear

Used 45 times. Also: Exodus 20:20, Deuteronomy 2:25, 2 Samuel 23:3, 2 Chronicles 19:9, Nehemiah 5:9, Nehemiah 5:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3374; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 7

אֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimGod

Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: God

Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 8

בַּמָּק֖וֹםba.ma.Komin the place

Lemma: מָקוֹם (ma.qom) · Strong's: H4725

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: place

Used 401 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4725; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 9

הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> this

Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 10

וַהֲרָג֖וּנִיva.ha.ra.Gu.niand they will kill me

Lemma: הָרַג (ha.rag) · Strong's: H2026

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)

Meaning: to kill

Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 12:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2026; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 11

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 12

דְּבַ֥רde.Var[the] matter of

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697M

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: word: because

Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:18, Genesis 43:18, Exodus 8:12, Exodus 18:11, Deuteronomy 4:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697M; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 13

אִשְׁתִּֽי\׃'ish.Tiwife my

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: woman: wife

Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Genesis 20:11 word 14

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Abraham	→	אַבְרָהָם H0085 Abraham
. . .	→	כִּי H3588A for
replied	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
I thought to myself	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
Surely	→	רַק H7535 except
there is no	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
fear	→	יִרְאָה H3374 fear
of God	→	אֱלֹהִים H0430G God
in this	→	זֶה H2088 this
place	→	מָקוֹם H4725 place
They will kill me	→	הָרַג H2026 to kill
on account of	→	עַל H5921A upon
. . .	→	דָּבָר H1697M word: because
my wife	→	אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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