Genesis 38:11
Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;” for he said, “Lest he also die, like his brothers.” Tamar went and lived in her father’s house.This verse in the real world
In what words
- שֵׁלָהShêlâhShelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite
- תָּמָרTâmârTamar, the name of three women and a place
- כַּלָּהkallâha bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
- אַלְמָנָהʼalmânâha widow; also a desolate place
- גָּדַלgâdalto be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
- מוּתmûwthto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhJehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the firs
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.