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Tamarלְתָמָרwas told,וַיֻּגַּדsaying,לֵאמֹר“Look,הִנֵּהyour father-in-lawחָמִיךְis going upעֹלֶהto Timnahתִמְנָתָהto shearלָגֹזhis sheep.”צֹאנוֹ
Genesis 38:13
Study it in the app“Tamar was told, saying, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 38:13, word by word
- Tamarתָמָרtamar
Tamar
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” appears- was toldיֻּגַּדyugad
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yugad” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- your father-in-lawחָמִיchami
father-in-law
Father-in-law: the husband's father.
Where else “chami” appears- is going upעֹלֶהole
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ole” appears- to Timnahתִמְנָתָtimnata
Timnah
Timnah, the name of two towns, one in the hill country of Judah.
Where else “timnata” appears- to shearגֹזgoz
shear
To clip the wool from flocks.
Where else “goz” appears- his sheepצֹאנtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears
The context
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14She removed her widow’s garments from her, covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself, and sat at the entrance of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife.
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?