Study it in the app“Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the young man with me, and we will get up and go, so that we may live and not die, both we and you and our little ones.”
Judahיְהוּדָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Israelאֶל יִשְׂרָאֵלhis father,אָבִיו“Sendשִׁלְחָהthe young manהַנַּעַרwith me,אִתִּיand we will get upוְנָקוּמָהand go,וְנֵלֵכָהso that we may liveוְנִחְיֶהand notוְלֹאdie,נָמוּתbothגַּםweאֲנַחְנוּand youגַם אַתָּהand our little ones.גַּם טַפֵּנוּ
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilach” appearsboy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “nakuma” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “nelecha” appearslive
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “nichye” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “namut” appearslittle ones
Little ones: the children of a family.
Where else “tape” appears7They said, “The man asked closely about us and about our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have a brother?’ And we told him according to these words. Could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring down your brother’?”
8 · This verse (above)
9I will be surety for him; from my hand you may require him. If I do not bring him to you and set him before you, then I will have sinned against you for all time.
1. What it says
What did Judah ask of Jacob about Benjamin (vv. 8-10)?
2. What it means
What does Judah mean by “I will be surety for him” and “I will have sinned against you for all time” (v. 9)?
3. How I live it
How can you take responsibility for someone in your family?
