Genesis 38
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Genesis 38:12-14

12Nowafter a considerableוַיִּרְבּוּ֙vai.yir.BuH7235timeהַיָּמִ֔יםhai.ya.MimH3117Shua’sשׁ֣וּעַShu.a'H7770daughterבַּת־bat-H1323,the wifeאֵֽשֶׁת־'e.shet-H802of Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063,diedוַתָּ֖מָתva.Ta.motH4191; and whenthe timeH5162of mourningH5162was endedH5162,Judahיְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahH3063wentוַיַּ֜עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927up to his sheepshearersגֹּֽזֲזֵ֤י צֹאנוֹ֙go.za.Zei tzo.NoH6629H1494atTimnahתִּמְנָֽתָה׃tim.Na.tahH8553,he and his friendרֵעֵ֥הוּre.'E.huH7453Hirahוְחִירָ֛הve.chi.RahH2437the Adullamiteהָעֲדֻלָּמִ֖יha.'a.du.la.MiH5726.
13It was toldוַיֻּגַּ֥דvai.yu.GadH5046to Tamarלְתָמָ֖רle.ta.MarH8559, “Beholdהִנֵּ֥הhi.NehH2009,your father-in-lawחָמִ֛יךְcha.MikhH2524is goingעֹלֶ֥ה'o.LehH5927up toTimnahתִמְנָ֖תָהtim.Na.tahH8553to shearלָגֹ֥זla.GozH1494his sheepצֹאנֽוֹ׃tzo.NoH6629.”
14So sheremovedוַתָּסַר֩va.ta.SarH5493her widow’sאַלְמְנוּתָ֜הּ'al.me.nu.TahH491garmentsבִּגְדֵ֨יbig.DeiH899andcoveredוַתְּכַ֤סva.te.KhasH3680herself with aveilבַּצָּעִיף֙ba.tza.'IfH6809,and wrappedוַתִּתְעַלָּ֔ףva.tit.'a.LafH5968herself, and satוַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙va.Te.shevH3427in the gatewayבְּפֶ֣תַחbe.Fe.tachH6607ofEnaimעֵינַ֔יִם'ei.Na.yimH5879,whichאֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherH834is on the roadדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870to Timnahתִּמְנָ֑תָהtim.Na.tahH8553;for she sawרָאֲתָה֙ra.'a.TahH7200that Shelahשֵׁלָ֔הshe.LahH7956had grownגָדַ֣לga.DalH1431up, andshe had not been givenנִתְּנָ֥הni.te.NahH5414to him as a wifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.
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