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And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. (KJV)

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וְגַם\־ve.gam-and also

Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: also

Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Genesis 20:12 word 1

אָמְנָ֗ה'a.me.Nahtruly

Lemma: אׇמְנָה (om.nah) · Strong's: H0546

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: truly

Used 2 times. Also: Joshua 7:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0546; TAHOT Genesis 20:12 word 2

אֲחֹתִ֤י'a.cho.Ti[is] sister my

Lemma: אָחוֹת (a.chot) · Strong's: H0269

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

Meaning: sister

Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 4:22, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 20:2, Genesis 20:5, Genesis 24:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0269; TAHOT Genesis 20:12 word 3

בַת\־vat-[the] daughter of

Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G

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

Meaning: daughter

Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Genesis 20:12 word 4

אָבִי֙'a.Vifather my

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

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

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Genesis 20:12 word 5

הִ֔ואhi'she

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Genesis 20:12 word 6

אַ֖ךְ'akhonly

Lemma: אַךְ (akh) · Strong's: H0389

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: surely

Used 161 times. Also: Genesis 7:23, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 23:13, Genesis 26:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0389; TAHOT Genesis 20:12 word 7

לֹ֣אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 20:12 word 8

בַת\־vat-[the] daughter of

Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G

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

Meaning: daughter

Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Genesis 20:12 word 9

אִמִּ֑י'i.Mimother my

Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517

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

Meaning: mother

Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53, Genesis 24:55 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Genesis 20:12 word 10

וַתְּהִי\־va.te.hi-and she became

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 20:12 word 11

לְאִשָּֽׁה\׃le.'i.Shah<into> a wife

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

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

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 20:12 word 12

How the BSB renders it

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

Besides	→	גַּם H1571 also
she	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
really	→	אׇמְנָה H0546 truly
is my sister	→	אָחוֹת H0269 sister
the daughter	→	בַּת H1323G daughter
of my father	→	אָב H0001G father
though	→	אַךְ H0389 surely
not	→	לֹא H3808 not
the daughter	→	בַּת H1323G daughter
of my mother	→	אֵם H0517 mother
and she became	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
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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