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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 38:12Hebrew 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

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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