Genesis 38:11
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
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ASV
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown up; for he said, Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
KJV
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
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24 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| יְהוּדָה֩ | ye.hu.Dah | Judah | H3063 → |
| לְתָמָ֨ר | le.ta.Mar | to Tamar | H8559 → |
| כַּלָּת֜וֹ | ka.la.To | daughter-in-law his | H3618 → |
| שְׁבִ֧י | she.Vi | dwell | H3427 → |
| אַלְמָנָ֣ה | 'al.ma.Nah | a widow | H490 → |
| בֵית־ | veit- | [the] house of | H1004 → |
| אָבִ֗יךְ | 'a.Vikh | father your | H1 → |
| עַד־ | 'ad- | until | H5704 → |
| יִגְדַּל֙ | yig.Dal | he will grow up | H1431 → |
| שֵׁלָ֣ה | she.Lah | Shelah | H7956 → |
| בְנִ֔י | ve.Ni | son my | H1121 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| אָמַ֔ר | 'a.Mar | he said | H559 → |
| פֶּן־ | pen- | lest | H6435 → |
| יָמ֥וּת | ya.Mut | he should die | H4191 → |
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → |
| ה֖וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → |
| כְּאֶחָ֑יו | ke.'e.Chav | like brothers his | H251 → |
| וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ | va.Te.lekh | and she went | H1980 → |
| תָּמָ֔ר | ta.Mar | Tamar | H8559 → |
| וַתֵּ֖שֶׁב | va.Te.shev | and she dwelt | H3427 → |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → |
| אָבִֽיהָ׃ | 'a.Vi.ha | father her | H1 → |
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