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Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. (KJV)
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הֲלֹ֨אha.Lo'¿ 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 20:5 word 1
ה֤וּאhu'he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
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 20:5 word 2
אָֽמַר\־'a.mar-did he say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
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 20:5 word 3
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 20:2, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 24:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0269; TAHOT Genesis 20:5 word 4
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 20:5 word 5
וְהִֽיא\־ve.hi'-and 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 20:5 word 6
גַם\־gam-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 20:5 word 7
הִ֥ואhi'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 20:5 word 8
אָֽמְרָ֖ה'a.me.Rahshe said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
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 20:5 word 9
אָחִ֣י'a.Chi[is] brother my
Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: brother: male-sibling
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Genesis 20:5 word 10
ה֑וּאHu'he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
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 20:5 word 11
בְּתָם\־be.tom-in [the] integrity of
Lemma: תֹּם (tom) · Strong's: H8537
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: integrity
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 20:6, 2 Samuel 15:11, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 22:34, 2 Chronicles 18:33, Job 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8537; TAHOT Genesis 20:5 word 12
לְבָבִ֛יle.va.Viheart my
Lemma: לֵבָב (le.vav) · Strong's: H3824
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 252 times. Also: Genesis 20:6, Genesis 31:26, Exodus 14:5, Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 26:36, Leviticus 26:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3824; TAHOT Genesis 20:5 word 13
וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ןu.ve.nik.Yonand in [the] innocence of
Lemma: נִקָּיוֹן (niq.qa.von) · Strong's: H5356A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: innocence
Used 4 times. Also: Psalms 26:6, Psalms 73:13, Hosea 8:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5356A; TAHOT Genesis 20:5 word 14
כַּפַּ֖יka.Paihands my
Lemma: כַּף (kaph) · Strong's: H3709G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: palm
Used 139 times. Also: Genesis 31:42, Genesis 40:11, Genesis 40:21, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3709G; TAHOT Genesis 20:5 word 15
עָשִׂ֥יתִי'a.Si.tiI have done
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Genesis 20:5 word 16
זֹֽאת\׃Zotthis
Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT Genesis 20:5 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Didn’t | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| [Abraham] | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| tell | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| me | → | |
| She | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| is my sister | → | אָחוֹת H0269 sister |
| And she | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| . . . | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| herself | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| He | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| is my brother | → | אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling |
| I have done | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| this | → | זֹאת H2063 this |
| in the integrity | → | תֹּם H8537 integrity |
| of my heart | → | לֵבָב H3824 heart |
| and the innocence | → | נִקָּיוֹן H5356A innocence |
| of my hands | → | כַּף H3709G palm |
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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