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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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Original language & word study

17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיָּבֹ֧אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935
אֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
אֶל־'el-toH413
אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhAbimelechH40
בַּחֲל֣וֹםba.cha.Lomin a dreamH2472
הַלָּ֑יְלָהha.La.ye.lahthe nightH3915
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
ל֗וֹloto <the> him
הִנְּךָ֥hi.ne.Khahere youH2009
מֵת֙met[are] about to dieH4191
עַל־'al-onH5921
הָאִשָּׁ֣הha.'i.Shahthe womanH802
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whomH834
לָקַ֔חְתָּla.Kach.tayou have takenH3947
וְהִ֖ואve.Hiv'and sheH1931
בְּעֻ֥לַתbe.'U.lat[is] married ofH1166
בָּֽעַל׃Ba.'ala husbandH1167

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The Creation of Light — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain