Genesis 38:12
Old Testament • 16 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קֵץ
qêts
an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
נָחַם
nâcham
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavora...
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
גַּזָז
gazâz
to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
תִּמְנָה
Timnâh
Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine
Key Terms in This Verse
גַּזָז gazâz
to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy
Study H1494 →נָחַם nâcham
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
Study H5162 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →Cross References
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timn...
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,
Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or...
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
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