Study it in the app“He asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the sacred prostitute who was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has been no sacred prostitute here.””
He askedוַיִּשְׁאַלthe menאֶת אַנְשֵׁיof her place,מְקֹמָהּsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whereאַיֵּהis the sacred prostituteהַקְּדֵשָׁהwhoהִואwas at Enaimבָעֵינַיִםbyעַלthe road?”הַדָּרֶךְThey said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“There has been noלֹא הָיְתָהsacred prostituteקְדֵשָׁהhere.”בָזֶה
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “yishal” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekoma” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsconsecrated woman
"Consecrated woman": a woman tied to a pagan shrine who prostituted herself as part of that worship. The law of Israel forbids it (Deuteronomy 23:17).
Where else “kedesha” appearsEnaim
Enaim, a place on the road to Timnah. The name means "two springs".
Where else “enayim” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appearsJudah’s friend uses another word, qedesha (“consecrated”), which designates a woman tied to a sanctuary.
20Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Adullamite to take the pledge from the hand of the woman, but he did not find her.
21 · This verse (above)
22He returned to Judah and said, “I did not find her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no sacred prostitute here.’”
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?
