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Whatאֲשֶׁרhe didעָשָׂהwas evilוַיֵּרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהand he put to deathוַיָּמֶתhimאֹתוֹalso.גַּם
Genesis 38:10
Study it in the app“What he did was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and he put to death him also.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 38:10, word by word
- he didעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- was evilיֵּרַעyera
displease
To be unpleasant to someone.
Where else “yera” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- and he put to deathיָּמֶתyamet
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “yamet” appears
The context
9But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so whenever he went in to his brother’s wife, he wasted it on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother.
10 · This verse (above)
11Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up”; for he said to himself, “Lest he too die like his brothers.” So Tamar went and remained in her father’s house.
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?