Genesis 38:11 — King James Version← Study notes
“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
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
לְתָמָרlətāmārTo Tamar
כַּלָּתוֹkalātwōBride
שְׁבִיšəvîSit
אַלְמָנָהʾaləmānāhWidow
בֵיתvêtA house
אָבִיךְʾāvîḵəFather
עַדʿadAs far
יִגְדַּלyigədalBe
שֵׁלָהšēlāhShelah
בְנִיvənîSon
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אָמַרʾāmarSay
פֶּןpenRemoval
יָמוּתyāmûtDie
גַּםgamAssemblage
הוּאhûʾHe
כְּאֶחָיוkəʾeḥāywLike brother
וַתֵּלֶךְwatēleḵəAnd walk
תָּמָרtāmārTamar
וַתֵּשֶׁבwatēševAnd sit
בֵּיתbêtA house
אָבִיהָʾāvîhāFather
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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