Genesis 38:12 — King James Version← Study notes
“And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.”
Genesis 38:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 38:1218 words
וַיִּרְבּוּwayirəbûAnd increase
הַיָּמִיםhayāmîmThe day
וַתָּמָתwatāmātAnd die
בַּתbatDaughter
שׁוּעַšûʿaShua
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
וַיִּנָּחֶםwayināḥemAnd sigh
יְהוּדָהyəhûdāhJehudah
וַיַּעַלwayaʿalAnd ascend
עַלʿalAbove
גֹּזֲזֵיgōzăzêCut off
צֹאנוֹṣōʾnwōFlock
הוּאhûʾHe
וְחִירָהwəḥîrāhAnd Chirah
רֵעֵהוּrēʿēhûAssociate
הָעֲדֻלָּמִיhāʿădulāmîThe Adullamite
תִּמְנָתָהtimənātāhTimnah
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