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ThereשָׁםJudahיְהוּדָהsawוַיַּרְאthe daughterבַּתof a Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיmanאִישׁwhose nameוּשְׁמוֹwas Shua;שׁוּעַhe took herוַיִּקָּחֶהָand went inוַיָּבֹאto her.אֵלֶיהָ
Genesis 38:2
Study it in the app“There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man whose name was Shua; he took her and went in to her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 38:2, word by word
- Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
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” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of a Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- whose nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- was Shuaשׁוּעַshua
Shua
Shua, a Canaanite, Judah's father-in-law.
Where else “shua” appears- he took herיִּקָּחֶyikache
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “yikache” appears- and went inיָּבֹאyavo
go in to
To go in to a woman as husband.
Where else “yavo” appears
The context
1It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a man, an Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 · This verse (above)
3She conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.
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?