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Genesis 20:3

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And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.	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.	But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But God^H430 came^H935 to Abimelech^H40 in a dream^H2472 by night^H3915, and said^H559 to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man^H4191, for the woman^H802 which thou hast taken^H3947; for she is a man's^H1167 wife^H1166.

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Original Hebrew

וַיָּבֹא אֱלֹהִים אֶל־אֲבִימֶלֶךְ בַּחֲלֹום הַלָּיְלָה וַיֹּאמֶר לֹו הִנְּךָ מֵת עַל־הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר־לָקַחְתָּ וְהִוא בְּעֻלַת בָּעַל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יָּבֹ֧א	va/i.ya.Vo'	H935	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he came
אֱלֹהִ֛ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ	'a.vi.Me.lekh	H40	HNp	Abimelech
בַּ/חֲל֣וֹם	ba./cha.Lom	H2472	HR/Ncmsa	in/ a dream
הַ/לָּ֑יְלָה	ha./La.ye.lah	H3915	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ night
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
ל֗/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to (the)/ him
הִנְּ/ךָ֥	hi.ne./Kha	H2009	HTm/Sp2ms	here/ you
מֵת֙	met	H4191	HVqrmsa	(are) about to die
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
הָ/אִשָּׁ֣ה	ha./'i.Shah	H802	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ woman
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	whom
לָקַ֔חְתָּ	la.Kach.ta	H3947	HVqp2ms	you have taken
וְ/הִ֖וא	ve./Hiv'	H1931	HC/Pp3fs	and/ she
בְּעֻ֥לַת	be.'U.lat	H1166	HVqsfsc	(is) married of
בָּֽעַל	Ba.'al	H1167	HNcmsa	a husband

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

Strong's References

• H40 — אֲבִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĂbîymelek, ab-ee-mel'-ek): from אָב and מֶלֶךְ; father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites; Abimelech.
• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• 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.
• 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.
• H1166 — בָּעַל (bâʻal, baw-al'): a primitive root; also as denominative from בַּעַל; to be master; hence, to marry; have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, [idiom] wife).
• H1167 — בַּעַל (baʻal, bah'-al): from בָּעַל; a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense); [phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath it, have, [phrase] horseman, husband, lord, man, [phrase] married, master, person, [phrase] sworn, they of.
• H2472 — חֲלוֹם (chălôwm, khal-ome'): or (shortened) חֲלֹם; from חָלַם; a dream; dream(-er).
• H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.

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

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• 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.
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• a dead — Genesis 20:7, Psalms 105:14, Ezekiel 33:14-15, Jonah 3:4
• a dream — Genesis 28:12, Genesis 31:24, Genesis 37:5, Genesis 37:9, Genesis 40:8, Genesis 41:1-36, Job 4:12-13, Job 33:15, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:12-13, Matthew 27:19

Reciprocal references (12): Genesis 26:26, Genesis 38:24, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 40:5, Genesis 41:7, Exodus 12:33, Numbers 22:9, 2 Samuel 12:10, 1 Chronicles 16:21, Zechariah 1:8, Matthew 19:9, John 4:18

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: DREAMS
• Nave’s: ADULTERY, CONDESCENSION OF GOD, COWARDICE, DREAM, GOD, HEATHEN, IGNORANCE, MARRIAGE, SARAH

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