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Butוַיְהִיasכְּhe drew backמֵשִׁיבhis hand,יָדוֹlook,וְהִנֵּהhis brotherאָחִיוcame out;יָצָאand she said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Whatמַהa breachפָּרֶץyou have brokenפָּרַצְתָּfor yourself!”עָלֶיךָSo he calledוַיִּקְרָאhis nameשְׁמוֹPerez.פָּרֶץ
Genesis 38:29
Study it in the app“But as he drew back his hand, look, his brother came out; and she said, “What a breach you have broken for yourself!” So he called his name Perez.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 38:29, word by word
- Butיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- he drew backמֵשִׁיבmeshiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “meshiv” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- his brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- came outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- and she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- a breachפָּרֶץparets
breach
Breach, opening made by breaking through.
Where else “parets” appears- you have brokenפָּרַצְתָּparatsta
breach
To smash a wall, burst in.
Where else “paratsta” appears- So he calledיִּקְרָאyikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appears- his nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Perezפָּרֶץparets
Perez
Perez, "breach": a son of Judah and Tamar, ancestor of King David.
Where else “parets” appears
Translation note
“Perez” (Perets) means “breach.”
The context
28While she was giving birth, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”
29 · This verse (above)
30Afterward his brother came out, who had on his hand the scarlet thread; and he called his name Zerah.
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?