Genesis 38:20

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

• וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חand he sent

  vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times

• יְהוּדָ֜הJudah

  yehudahH3063 →819 times

• אֶת־<obj.>

  ʾet-H853 →10935 times

• גְּדִ֣י[the] kid of

  gediH1423 →16 times

• הָֽעִזִּ֗יםthe goats

  haizimH5795 →74 times

• בְּיַד֙by [the] hand of

  beyadH3027 →1618 times

• רֵעֵ֣הוּfriend his

  reehuH7453 →188 times

• הָֽעֲדֻלָּמִ֔יthe Adullamite

  haadulamiH5726 →3 times

• לָקַ֥חַתto take

  lakachatH3947 →966 times

• הָעֵרָב֖וֹןthe pledge

  haeravonH6162 →3 times

• מִיַּ֣דfrom [the] hand of

  miyadH3027 →1618 times

• הָאִשָּׁ֑הthe woman

  haishahH802 →781 times

• וְלֹ֖אand not

  velo'H3808 →5168 times

• מְצָאָֽהּ׃he found her

  metzaahH4672 →455 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

• Through

  Leviticus 19:17

  You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.

  it leads to

  • 1 John 2:9

    If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.

  • Luke 17:3

    Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

  • 1 John 2:11

    But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

  • Proverbs 26:24–26

    A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.

  • 1 John 3:12–15

    Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

• Through

  Luke 23:12

  That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.

  it leads to

  • Acts 4:27

    In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

• Through

  2 Samuel 13:3

  Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

  it leads to

  • 1 Samuel 16:9

    Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”

• Through

  Judges 14:20

  and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.

  it leads to

  • Judges 15:2

    “I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take…