Verse 19

{ "verseID": "Genesis.12.19", "source": "לָמָ֤ה אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וָאֶקַּ֥ח אֹתָ֛הּ לִ֖י לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַתָּ֕ה הִנֵּ֥ה אִשְׁתְּךָ֖ קַ֥ח וָלֵֽךְ׃", "text": "Why *lāmāh* *ʾāmartā* *ʾăḥōtî* *hîʾ* and-*wāʾeqqaḥ* *ʾōtāh* to-me *lî* to-*leʾiššāh* and-now *weʿattāh* behold *hinnēh* *ʾištekā* *qaḥ* and-*wālēk*.", "grammar": { "*lāmāh*": "interrogative + preposition - why", "*ʾāmartā*": "perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you said", "*ʾăḥōtî*": "noun feminine + 1st person singular suffix - my sister", "*hîʾ*": "independent pronoun 3rd person feminine singular - she", "*wāʾeqqaḥ*": "conjunction + imperfect 1st person singular - and I took", "*ʾōtāh*": "direct object marker + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her", "*lî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me", "*leʾiššāh*": "preposition + noun feminine singular - for a wife", "*weʿattāh*": "conjunction + adverb - and now", "*hinnēh*": "interjection - behold", "*ʾištekā*": "noun feminine + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your wife", "*qaḥ*": "imperative masculine singular - take", "*wālēk*": "conjunction + imperative masculine singular - and go" }, "variants": { "*lāmāh*": "why/for what reason/how" } }

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