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Genesis 38:29 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.


Genesis 38:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 38:2914 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֣יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כְּ/מֵשִׁ֣יבkəmēšiyb
when he was withdrawingpronH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
יָד֗/וֹyādwō
hand hisnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וְ/הִנֵּה֙wəhinēh
and there!conjH2009
lo · see
יָצָ֣אyāṣāʾ
he came outverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
אָחִ֔י/וʾāḥiyw
brother hisnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶרwatōʾmer
and she saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מַהmah
how!particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
פָּרַ֖צְתָּpāraṣətā
you have made a breachverbH6555
abroad · break (away · down · -er ···
עָלֶ֣י/ךָʿāleykā
on yourselfpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
פָּ֑רֶץpāreṣ
a breachnounH6556
breaking forth · forth · gap
וַ/יִּקְרָ֥אwayiqərāʾ
and someone calledconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
שְׁמ֖/וֹšəmwō
name hisnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
פָּֽרֶץpāreṣ
PereznounH6557
Pharez
Words 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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Omar HassanNote2mo ago
Perez and Zerah
Tamar gives birth to twins - Zerah's hand comes out first, marked with a scarlet cord. But Perez comes out second, pushing past his brother. This is the second time in Genesis we get this 'younger sh...
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