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Genesis 38:14 — King James Version← Study notes

And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.


Genesis 38:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 38:1424 words
וַתָּסַרwatāsarAnd turn
בִּגְדֵיbigədêCovering
אַלְמְנוּתָהּʾaləmənûtāhWidow
מֵעָלֶיהָmēʿāleyhāFrom above
וַתְּכַסwatəḵasAnd plump
בַּצָּעִיףbaṣāʿîp̄In veil
וַתִּתְעַלָּףwatitəʿalāp̄And veil
וַתֵּשֶׁבwatēševAnd sit
בְּפֶתַחbəp̄etaḥIn opening
עֵינַיִםʿênayimEnajim
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
תִּמְנָתָהtimənātāhTimnah
כִּיRelative conjunction
רָאֲתָהrāʾătāhSee
כִּיRelative conjunction
גָדַלgādalBe
שֵׁלָהšēlāhShelah
וְהִואwəhiwʾAnd he
לֹאlōʾNot
נִתְּנָהnitənāhGive
לוֹlwōTo
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתָּסַרwatāsarAnd turn
בִּגְדֵיbigədêCovering
אַלְמְנוּתָהּʾaləmənûtāhWidow
מֵעָלֶיהָmēʿāleyhāFrom above
וַתְּכַסwatəḵasAnd plump
בַּצָּעִיףbaṣāʿîp̄In veil
וַתִּתְעַלָּףwatitəʿalāp̄And veil
וַתֵּשֶׁבwatēševAnd sit
בְּפֶתַחbəp̄etaḥIn opening
עֵינַיִםʿênayimEnajim
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
תִּמְנָתָהtimənātāhTimnah
כִּיRelative conjunction
רָאֲתָהrāʾătāhSee
כִּיRelative conjunction
גָדַלgādalBe
שֵׁלָהšēlāhShelah
וְהִואwəhiwʾAnd he
לֹאlōʾNot
נִתְּנָהnitənāhGive
לוֹlwōTo
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

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