Genesis

Genesis 20:12

¹²Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father — though not the daughter of my mother — and she became my wife.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Besides	וְגַם־	wə·ḡam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
she	הִ֔וא	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
really	אָמְנָ֗ה	’ā·mə·nāh	Adverb	H546 verily, truly, indeed
is my sister	אֲחֹתִ֤י	’ă·ḥō·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H269 sister
the daughter	בַת־	ḇaṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of my father	אָבִי֙	’ā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1 father
though	אַ֖ךְ	’aḵ	Adverb	H389 surely
not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
the daughter	בַת־	ḇaṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of my mother	אִמִּ֑י	’im·mî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H517 mother
and she became	וַתְּהִי־	wat·tə·hî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
my	לִ֖י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
wife	לְאִשָּֽׁה׃	lə·’iš·šāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female

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