Genesis 20:3

ࠅࠉࠁࠀ ࠀࠋࠄࠉࠌ ࠀࠋ ࠀࠁࠉࠌࠋࠊ ࠁࠇࠋࠅࠌ ࠄࠋࠉࠋࠄ ࠅࠉࠀࠌࠓ ࠋࠅ ࠄࠍࠊ ࠌࠕ ࠏࠋ ࠀࠃࠅࠕ ࠄࠀࠔࠄ ࠀࠔࠓ ࠋࠒࠇࠕ ࠅࠄࠉࠀ ࠁࠏࠉࠋࠕ ࠁࠏࠋ

Gen 20:3 [Samaritan Pentateuch]

ויבא אלהים אל אבימלך בחלום הלילה ויאמר לו הנך מת על אדות האשה אשר לקחת והיא בעילת בעל

Gen 20:3 [Masoretic Text]

וַיָּבֹ֧א אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶל־אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ בַּחֲלֹ֣ום הַלָּ֑יְלָה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לֹ֗ו הִנְּךָ֥ מֵת֙ עַל־הָאִשָּׁ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־לָקַ֔חְתָּ וְהִ֖וא בְּעֻ֥לַת בָּֽעַל׃

And God came to Avimelekh in a dream by night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married to a husband.”

Morphology

1. וַיָּבֹ֧א (vayyavo) – Root: בוא (b-w-ʾ); Form: Verb, Qal, Consecutive Imperfect, 3ms; Translation: “and he came”; Notes: Refers to God appearing to Avimelekh.
2. אֱלֹהִ֛ים (Elohim) – Root: אלה (‘-l-h); Form: Proper noun, plural; Translation: “God”; Notes: Indicates the divine subject.
3. אֶל־אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ (el-Avimelekh) – Root: אב (‘-b) and מלך (m-l-k); Form: Preposition with proper noun, masculine singular; Translation: “to Avimelekh”; Notes: Refers to the king of Gerar.
4. בַּחֲלֹ֣ום (bachalom) – Root: חלם (ḥ-l-m); Form: Noun, masculine singular with preposition; Translation: “in a dream”; Notes: Describes the medium through which God communicated.
5. הַלָּ֑יְלָה (hallaylah) – Root: לילה (l-y-l-h); Form: Noun, masculine singular with definite article; Translation: “by night”; Notes: Specifies the time of the dream.
6. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (vayomer) – Root: אמר (‘-m-r); Form: Verb, Qal, Consecutive Imperfect, 3ms; Translation: “and he said”; Notes: Refers to God’s speech to Avimelekh.
7. לֹ֗ו (lo) – Root: לו (l-w); Form: Preposition with 3ms suffix; Translation: “to him”; Notes: Refers to Avimelekh as the recipient.
8. הִנְּךָ֥ (hinnekha) – Root: הנה (h-n-h); Form: Interjection with 2ms suffix; Translation: “behold, you are”; Notes: Draws attention to Avimelekh’s situation.
9. מֵת֙ (met) – Root: מות (m-w-t); Form: Participle, Qal, masculine singular; Translation: “a dead man”; Notes: Indicates a warning of impending death.
10. עַל־הָאִשָּׁ֣ה (‘al-ha’ishah) – Root: אשה (‘-sh-h); Form: Preposition with noun, feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “because of the woman”; Notes: Specifies the reason for the warning.
11. אֲשֶׁר־לָקַ֔חְתָּ (asher-laqachta) – Root: לקח (l-q-ḥ); Form: Relative pronoun with verb, Qal, Perfect, 2ms; Translation: “whom you have taken”; Notes: Refers to Sarah.
12. וְהִ֖וא (vehi) – Root: הוא (h-w-ʾ); Form: Pronoun, 3fs; Translation: “for she”; Notes: Introduces Sarah’s marital status.
13. בְּעֻ֥לַת (be’ulat) – Root: בעל (b-ʿ-l); Form: Noun, feminine singular construct; Translation: “married to”; Notes: Indicates Sarah’s status as a married woman.
14. בָּֽעַל (ba’al) – Root: בעל (b-ʿ-l); Form: Noun, masculine singular; Translation: “a husband”; Notes: Refers to Sarah’s marital relationship with Avraham.