Genesis 20:3
One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
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ASV
But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
KJV
But God came 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; for she is a man’s wife.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֧א | vai.ya.Vo' | and he came | H935 → |
| אֱלֹהִ֛ים | 'E.lo.Him | God | H430 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ | 'a.vi.Me.lekh | Abimelech | H40 → |
| בַּחֲל֣וֹם | ba.cha.Lom | in a dream | H2472 → |
| הַלָּ֑יְלָה | ha.La.ye.lah | the night | H3915 → |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| ל֗וֹ | lo | to <the> him | |
| הִנְּךָ֥ | hi.ne.Kha | here you | H2009 → |
| מֵת֙ | met | [are] about to die | H4191 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| הָאִשָּׁ֣ה | ha.'i.Shah | the woman | H802 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | whom | H834 → |
| לָקַ֔חְתָּ | la.Kach.ta | you have taken | H3947 → |
| וְהִ֖וא | ve.Hiv' | and she | H1931 → |
| בְּעֻ֥לַת | be.'U.lat | [is] married of | H1166 → |
| בָּֽעַל׃ | Ba.'al | a husband | H1167 → |
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