Study it in the app“Then 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.”
Then Judahוַ יְהוּדָהsaidיֹּאמֶרto Tamarלְתָמָרhis daughter-in-law,כַּלָּתוֹ“Remainשְׁבִיa widowאַלְמָנָהin your father’sאָבִיךְhouseבֵיתuntilעַדShelahשֵׁלָהmy sonבְנִיgrows up”;יִגְדַּלforכִּיhe said to himself,אָמַר“Lestפֶּןhe tooגַּם הוּאdieיָמוּתlike his brothers.”כְּאֶחָיוSo Tamarוַ תָּמָרwentתֵּלֶךְand remainedוַתֵּשֶׁבin her father’sאָבִיהָhouse.בֵּית
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsTamar
Tamar, the name of three women: Judah's daughter-in-law, the daughter of David, sister of Absalom, and a daughter of Absalom; also a town in the south. It means "palm tree".
Where else “tamar” appearsdaughter-in-law
The son's wife.
Where else “kalat” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “shevi” appearswidow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appearsShelah
Shelah, the third son of Judah.
Where else “shela” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appearsgrow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “yigdal” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamut” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears10What he did was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and he put to death him also.
11 · This verse (above)
12Many days passed, and the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and when Judah was comforted, he went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite.
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?
