Genesis
Genesis 20:10
10Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abimelech | אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ | ’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H40 Abimelek |
| also asked | וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Abraham | אַבְרָהָ֑ם | ’aḇ·rā·hām | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H85 Abraham |
| What | מָ֣ה | māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| prompted | רָאִ֔יתָ | rā·’î·ṯā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H7200 see |
| you to do | עָשִׂ֖יתָ | ‘ā·śî·ṯā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| such | הַזֶּֽה׃ | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| a thing | הַדָּבָ֥ר | had·dā·ḇār | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1697 speech, word |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.