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Genesis 12:14

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← Genesis 12:13	Genesis 12:14 (KJV)	Genesis 12:15 →
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.	The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass, that, when Abram^H87 was come^H935 into Egypt^H4714, the Egyptians^H4713 beheld^H7200 the woman^H802 that she was very^H3966 fair^H3303.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי כְּבֹוא אַבְרָם מִצְרָיְמָה וַיִּרְאוּ הַמִּצְרִים אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה כִּי־יָפָה הִוא מְאֹד׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְהִ֕י	va/y.Hi	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it was
כְּ/ב֥וֹא	ke./Vo'	H935	HR/Vqc	when/ entered
אַבְרָ֖ם	'av.Ram	H87	HNp	Abram
מִצְרָ֑יְמָ/ה	mitz.Ra.ye.ma/h	H4714	HNp/Sd	Egypt/ (towards)
וַ/יִּרְא֤וּ	va/i.yir.'U	H7200	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they saw
הַ/מִּצְרִים֙	ha./mitz.Rim	H4713	HTd/Ngmpa	the/ Egyptians
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הָ֣/אִשָּׁ֔ה	ha./'i.Shah	H802	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ woman
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	that
יָפָ֥ה	ya.Fah	H3303	HAafsa	(was) beautiful
הִ֖וא	hi'	H1931	HPp3fs	she
מְאֹֽד	me.'Od	H3966	HD	very

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

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Strong's References

• H87 — אַבְרָם (ʼAbrâm, ab-rawm'): contracted from אֲבִירָם; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham; Abram.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H3303 — יָפֶה (yâpheh, yaw-feh'): from יָפָה; beautiful (literally or figuratively); [phrase] beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), [phrase] goodly, pleasant, well.
• H3966 — מְאֹד (mᵉʼôd, meh-ode'): from the same as אוּד; properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated); diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), [idiom] louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ([phrase] much, sore), well.
• H4713 — מִצְרִי (Mitsrîy, mits-ree'): from מִצְרַיִם; a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim; Egyptian, of Egypt.
• H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.

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

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

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