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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Iאָנֹכִיwill sendאֲשַׁלַּחa young goatגְּדִי עִזִּיםfrom the flock.”מִן הַצֹּאןShe said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Ifאִםyou give meתִּתֵּןa pledgeעֵרָבוֹןuntilעַדyou send it.”שָׁלְחֶךָ
Genesis 38:17
Study it in the app“He said, “I will send a young goat from the flock.” She said, “If you give me a pledge until you send it.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 38:17, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- will sendאֲשַׁלַּחashalach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “ashalach” appears- a young goatגְּדִיgedi
young goat
Young goat, kid.
Where else “gedi” appears- a young goatעִזִּיםizim
goat
The female of the goat flock, used for milk and hair.
Where else “izim” appears- from the flockצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- you give meתִּתֵּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- a pledgeעֵרָבוֹןeravon
pledge
Pledge: an object left as a guarantee of payment.
Where else “eravon” appears
The context
16He turned to her by the road and said, “Come, please, let me go in to you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me that you may go in to me?”
17 · This verse (above)
18He said, “What is the pledge that I shall give you?” She said, “Your seal, your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.
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?