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Genesis 12:13[edit | edit source]


Genesis 12:12 Genesis 12:13 (KJV) Genesis 12:14
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This [is] his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair.


Verse Text[edit | edit source]

KJV with Strong's Numbers[edit | edit source]

SayH559, I pray theeH4994, thou art my sisterH269: thatH4616 it may be wellH3190 with me for thy sake; and my soulH5315 shall liveH2421 because of theeH1558.


Original Hebrew[edit | edit source]

אִמְרִי־נָא אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ לְמַעַן יִיטַב־לִי בַעֲבוּרֵךְ וְחָיְתָה נַפְשִׁי בִּגְלָלֵךְ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אִמְרִי
'im.ri- H559 HVqv2fs say
נָ֖א
na' H4994 HTe please
אֲחֹ֣תִ/י
'a.Cho.t/i H269 HNcfsc/Sp1cs (are) sister/ my
אָ֑תְּ
'At H859 HPp2fs you
לְמַ֨עַן֙
le.Ma.'an H4616 HR so that
יִֽיטַב
yi.tav- H3190 HVqi3ms it may go well
לִ֣/י
l/i HR/Sp1cs for (the)/ me
בַ/עֲבוּרֵ֔/ךְ
va./'a.vu.Re/kh H5668 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2fs for/ sake of/ you
וְ/חָיְתָ֥ה
ve./cha.ye.Tah H2421 HC/Vqp3fs and/ it will live
נַפְשִׁ֖/י
naf.Sh/i H5315 HNcbsc/Sp1cs life/ my
בִּ/גְלָלֵֽ/ךְ
bi/g.la.Le/kh H1558 HR/Ncmsc/Sp2fs on/ account of/ you
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References[edit | edit source]

  • H269 — אָחוֹת (ʼâchôwth, aw-khoth'): irregular feminine of אָח; a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively); (an-) other, sister, together.
  • H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
  • H1558 — גָּלָל (gâlâl, gaw-lawl'): from גָּלַל; a circumstance (as rolled around); only used adverbially, on account of; because of, for (sake).
  • H2421 — חָיָה (châyâh, khaw-yaw'): a primitive root (compare חָוָה, חָיָה); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive; keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.
  • H3190 — יָטַב (yâṭab, yaw-tab'): a primitive root; to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right); be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, [phrase] be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ([phrase] well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, [idiom] very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
  • H4616 — מַעַן (maʻan, mah'-an): from עָנָה; properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that; because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), [phrase] lest, that, to.
  • H4994 — נָא (nâʼ, naw): a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered; 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction; I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
  • H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
  • H5668 — עָבוּר (ʻâbûwr, aw-boor'): or עָבֻר; passive participle of עָבַר; properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that; because of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.

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