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It happenedוַיְהִיat thatהַהִואtimeבָּעֵתthat Judahוַ יְהוּדָהwent downיֵּרֶדfromמֵאֵתhis brothersאֶחָיוand turned asideוַיֵּטtoעַדa man,אִישׁan Adullamite,עֲדֻלָּמִיwhose nameוּשְׁמוֹwas Hirah.חִירָה
Genesis 38:1
Study it in the app“It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a man, an Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 38:1, word by word
- It happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- timeעֵתet
time
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appears- that Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- went downיֵּרֶדyered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appears- his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- and turned asideיֵּטyet
turn aside
To leave the straight way, or bend it on purpose.
Where else “yet” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- an Adullamiteעֲדֻלָּמִיadulami
Adullamite
Adullamite: from Adullam, a Canaanite town west of Bethlehem.
Where else “adulami” appears- whose nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- was Hirahחִירָהchira
Hirah
Hirah, a friend of Judah from the town of Adullam.
Where else “chira” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man whose name was Shua; he took her and went in to her.
To study Genesis 38 in a group
1. What it says
What did Tamar do, and what did Judah say when he learned of it (vv. 14-26)?
2. What it means
What does it mean that Judah admits, “She is more righteous than I” (v. 26)?
3. How I live it
How can you honestly admit your own mistake when it is shown to you?