Genesis 38:14
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אַלְמָנָה
ʼalmânâh
a widow; also a desolate place
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
פֹּרֶכֶת
pôreketh
a separatrix, i.e. (the sacred) screen
גֹּלֶם
gôlem
a wrapped (and unformed mass, i.e. as the embryo)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
תִּמְנָה
Timnâh
Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
שֵׁלָה
Shêlâh
Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite
רְבָה
rᵉbâh
{to increase (in whatever respect)}
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
שֵׁלָה Shêlâh
Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite
Study H7956 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →Cross References
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whor...
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
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