Genesis 38:11
Old Testament • 25 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
תָּמָר
Tâmâr
Tamar, the name of three women and a place
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh
a widow; also a desolate place
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
שֵׁלָה
Shêlâh
Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
רְבָה
rᵉbâh
{to increase (in whatever respect)}
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
פֵּן
pên
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
תָּמָר
Tâmâr
Tamar, the name of three women and a place
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
שֵׁלָה Shêlâh
Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite
Study H7956 →פֵּן pên
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
Study H6435 →שָׁאַר shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
Study H7604 →עַד ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
Study H5705 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
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