Genesis 38:28
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
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...
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
יָלַד
yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אָסַר
ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
שָׁנִי
shânîy
crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
חוּט
chûwṭ
a string; by implication, a measuring tape
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
Key Terms in This Verse
יָלַד yâlad
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
Study H3205 →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 →שָׁנִי shânîy
crimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
Study H8144 →אָסַר ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Study H631 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
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