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And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.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 20:2 word 1
אַבְרָהָ֛ם'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 20:2 word 2
אֶל\־'el-concerning
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Genesis 20:2 word 3
שָׂרָ֥הsa.RahSarah
Lemma: שָׂרָה (sa.rah) · Strong's: H8283
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Sarah
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 17:15, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 17:19, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 18:6, Genesis 18:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8283; TAHOT Genesis 20:2 word 4
אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ'ish.Towife his
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 20:2 word 5
אֲחֹ֣תִי'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 20:5, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 24:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0269; TAHOT Genesis 20:2 word 6
הִ֑ואhi'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 20:2 word 7
וַיִּשְׁלַ֗חvai.yish.Lachand he sent
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Genesis 20:2 word 8
אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙'a.vi.Me.lekhAbimelech
Lemma: אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ (a.vi.me.lekh) · Strong's: H0040G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abimelech
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 20:3, Genesis 20:4, Genesis 20:8, Genesis 20:9, Genesis 20:10, Genesis 20:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0040G; TAHOT Genesis 20:2 word 9
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king of
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Genesis 20:2 word 10
גְּרָ֔רge.RarGerar
Lemma: גְּרָר (ge.rar) · Strong's: H1642
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Gerar
Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 26:6, Genesis 26:17, Genesis 26:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1642; TAHOT Genesis 20:2 word 11
וַיִּקַּ֖חvai.yi.Kachand he took
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Genesis 20:2 word 12
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 20:2 word 13
שָׂרָֽה\׃sa.RahSarah
Lemma: שָׂרָה (sa.rah) · Strong's: H8283
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Sarah
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 17:15, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 17:19, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 18:6, Genesis 18:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8283; TAHOT Genesis 20:2 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 |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| of | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| his wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| Sarah | → | שָׂרָה H8283 Sarah |
| She | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| is my sister | → | אָחוֹת H0269 sister |
| So Abimelech | → | אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ H0040G Abimelech |
| king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| of Gerar | → | גְּרָר H1642 Gerar |
| had Sarah | → | שָׂרָה H8283 Sarah |
| brought | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| to him | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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