Study it in the app“Many 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.”
Many days passed,וַיִּרְבּוּ הַיָּמִיםand the daughterוַ בַּתof Shua,שׁוּעַJudah’sיְהוּדָהwife,אֵשֶׁתdied;תָּמָתand when Judahוַ יְהוּדָהwas comforted,יִּנָּחֶםhe went upוַיַּעַלtoעַלhis sheepshearersגֹּזֲזֵי צֹאנוֹat Timnah,תִּמְנָתָהheהוּאand Hirahוְחִירָהhis friendרֵעֵהוּthe Adullamite.הָעֲדֻלָּמִי
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “yirbu” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appearsShua
Shua, a Canaanite, Judah's father-in-law.
Where else “shua” appearsJudah
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” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamat” appearsfind relief
To recover one's spirits after a loss and feel relief.
Where else “yinachem” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearsshear
To clip the wool from flocks.
Where else “gozaze” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearsTimnah
Timnah, the name of two towns, one in the hill country of Judah.
Where else “timnata” appearsHirah
Hirah, a friend of Judah from the town of Adullam.
Where else “chira” appearscompanion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “ree” appearsAdullamite
Adullamite: from Adullam, a Canaanite town west of Bethlehem.
Where else “adulami” appears11Then 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13Tamar was told, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
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?
