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Yet againוַתֹּסֶף עוֹדshe boreוַתֵּלֶדa sonבֵּןand calledוַתִּקְרָאhis nameאֶת שְׁמוֹShelah.שֵׁלָהHeוְwasהָיָהat Chezibבִכְזִיבwhen she boreבְּלִדְתָּהּhim.אֹתוֹ
Genesis 38:5
Study it in the app“Yet again she bore a son and called his name Shelah. He was at Chezib when she bore him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 38:5, word by word
- Yet againתֹּסֶףtosef
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosef” appears- she boreתֵּלֶדteled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- and calledתִּקְרָאtikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “tikra” appears- his nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Shelahשֵׁלָהshela
Shelah
Shelah, the third son of Judah.
Where else “shela” appears- wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- at Chezibכְזִיבcheziv
Chezib
Chezib, a town in the region of Judah.
Where else “cheziv” appears
The context
4She conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.
5 · This verse (above)
6Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
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?