Genesis 38:19 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתָּ֣קָם	va.Ta.kom	and she arose	H6965 →
וַתֵּ֔לֶךְ	va.Te.lekh	and she went	H1980 →
וַתָּ֥סַר	va.Ta.sar	and she removed	H5493 →
צְעִיפָ֖הּ	tze.'i.Fah	veil her	H6809 →
מֵעָלֶ֑יהָ	me.'a.Lei.ha	from on <the> her	H5921 →
וַתִּלְבַּ֖שׁ	va.til.Bash	and she put on	H3847 →
בִּגְדֵ֥י	big.Dei	[the] clothes of	H899 →
אַלְמְנוּתָֽהּ׃	'al.me.nu.Tah	widowhood her	H491 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Samuel 14:2
So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 11:6
  He built up Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
- Ruth 3:3
  Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
- Amos 1:1
  These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son…
- 2 Samuel 12:20
  Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his…
- Nehemiah 3:5
  Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.
Through
Genesis 38:14
she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah…
leads to
- Genesis 38:26
  Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
- Genesis 24:65
  and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
- Jeremiah 3:2
  “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Genesis 38:14she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.2 Samuel 14:5“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.2 Samuel 14:2So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.

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