Study it in the app“And I saw that for all the reasons that apostate Israel had committed adultery, I had sent her away and given her her certificate of divorce; yet treacherous Judah, her sister, did not fear, but she went and prostituted herself too, she herself.”
And I sawוָאֵרֶאthatכִּיfor allעַל כָּלthe reasonsאֹדוֹתthatאֲשֶׁרapostateמְשֻׁבָהIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלhad committed adultery,נִאֲפָהI had sent her awayשִׁלַּחְתִּיהָand given herוָאֶתֵּן אֵלֶיהָher certificateאֶת סֵפֶרof divorce;כְּרִיתֻתֶיהָyet treacherousבֹּגֵדָהJudah,יְהוּדָהher sister,אֲחוֹתָהּdid notוְלֹאfear,יָרְאָהbut she wentוַתֵּלֶךְand prostituted herselfוַתִּזֶןtoo,גַּםshe herself.הִיא
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “ere” appearscause
Cause, reason: "because of".
Where else “odot” appearsturning away, faithlessness
Turning away, going astray from the right path; also faithlessness or rebellion against God.
Where else “meshuva” 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” appearsbe unfaithful
Israel being unfaithful to God with idols.
Where else “niafa” appearssend away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “shilachti” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appearsdeed
An official paper, like one granting divorce.
Where else “sefer” appearsdivorce
Divorce: the "cutting" of the marriage bond.
Where else “keritute” appearsact treacherously
Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.
Where else “bogeda” appearsJudah
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” appearssister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achota” appearsfear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “yara” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appearsprostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “tizen” appears7And I said, ‘After she has done all these things she will return to me’; but she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
8 · This verse (above)
9And it happened that through the lightness of her prostitution she defiled the land, and she committed adultery with stone and with wood.
