Genesis 38:17
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
שָׂעִיר
sâʻîyr
shaggy; as noun, a he-goat; by analogy, a faun
צֹאן
tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
חָבַל
châbal
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturi...
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
חָבַל châbal
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
Study H2254 →צֹאן tsôʼn
a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
Study H6629 →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 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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