New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 38:12-17

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.NoH6629 H1494atTimnahתִּמְנָֽתָה׃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.

15When Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063sawוַיִּרְאֶ֣הָvai.yir.'E.haH7200her, he thoughtוַֽיַּחְשְׁבֶ֖הָvai.yach.she.Ve.haH2803she wasa harlotלְזוֹנָ֑הle.zo.NahH2181,for she had coveredכִסְּתָ֖הkhi.se.TahH3680her faceפָּנֶֽיהָ׃pa.Nei.haH6440.

16So he turnedH5186asideוַיֵּ֨טvai.YetH5186to her by the roadהַדֶּ֗רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870,and saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559, “Hereהָֽבָה־ha.vah-H3051nowנָּא֙na'H4994,let me comeאָב֣וֹא'a.Vo'H935in to you”; for he did not knowיָדַ֔עya.Da'H3045that she was his daughter-in-lawכַלָּת֖וֹkha.la.ToH3618.And she saidוַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merH559, “Whatמַה־mah-H4100will you giveתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414me, that you may comeתָב֖וֹאta.Vo'H935in to me?”

17He saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,therefore, “I will sendאֲשַׁלַּ֥ח'a.sha.LachH7971you ayoungH1423 H5795goatעִזִּ֖ים'i.ZimH1423 H5795from the flockהַצֹּ֑אןha.TzonH6629.”She saidוַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merH559,moreover, “Will you giveתִּתֵּ֥ןti.TenH5414a pledgeעֵרָב֖וֹןe.ra.VonH6162untilעַ֥ד'adH5704you sendשָׁלְחֶֽךָ׃shal.Che.khaH7971it?”

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