“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.”
Genesis 38:11 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 38:1124 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוּדָה֩yəhwdāh
JudahnounH3063
לְ/תָמָ֨רlətāmār
to TamarpronH8559
כַּלָּת֜/וֹkalātwō
daughter-in-law hisnounH3618
daughter-in-law · spouse
שְׁבִ֧יšəbiy
dwellverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
אַלְמָנָ֣הʾaləmānāh
a widownounH490
widow
בֵיתbēyt
the house ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
אָבִ֗י/ךְʾābiykə
father yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
יִגְדַּל֙yigədal
he will grow upverbH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
שֵׁלָ֣הšēlāh
ShelahnounH7956
בְנִ֔/יbəniy
son mynounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָמַ֔רʾāmar
he saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
פֶּןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
יָמ֥וּתyāmwt
he should dieverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
ה֖וּאhwʾ
heprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
כְּ/אֶחָ֑י/וkəʾeḥāyw
like brothers hispronH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
וַ/תֵּ֣לֶךְwatēlekə
awayconjH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
תָּמָ֔רtāmār
TamarnounH8559
וַ/תֵּ֖שֶׁבwatēšeb
and she dweltconjH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
בֵּ֥יתbēyt
the house ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
אָבִֽי/הָʾābiyhā
father hernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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