Genesis 38
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Genesis 38:19-21

19Then she gotH6965upH6965and departedוַתֵּ֔לֶךְva.Te.lekhH1980, andremovedוַתָּ֥סַרva.Ta.sarH5493herveilצְעִיפָ֖הּtze.'i.FahH6809and putוַתִּלְבַּ֖שׁva.til.BashH3847onH3847her widow’sאַלְמְנוּתָֽהּ׃'al.me.nu.TahH491garmentsבִּגְדֵ֥יbig.DeiH899.
20When Judahיְהוּדָ֜הye.hu.DahH3063sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.LachH7971theyoungH1423H5795goatהָֽעִזִּ֗יםha.'i.ZimH1423H5795by his friendרֵעֵ֣הוּre.'E.huH7453the Adullamiteהָֽעֲדֻלָּמִ֔יha.'a.du.la.MiH5726,to receiveלָקַ֥חַתla.Ka.chatH3947the pledgeהָעֵרָב֖וֹןha.'e.ra.VonH6162from the woman’sהָאִשָּׁ֑הha.'i.ShahH802handH3027,he did not findמְצָאָֽהּ׃me.tza.'AhH4672her.
21He askedוַיִּשְׁאַ֞לvai.yish.'AlH7592the peopleH376of her placeמְקֹמָהּ֙me.ko.MahH4725,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, “Whereאַיֵּ֧ה'ai.YehH346is the templeH6945prostituteH6945whoהִ֥ואhi'H1931was by the roadהַדָּ֑רֶךְha.Da.rekhH1870at Enaimבָעֵינַ֖יִםva.'ei.Na.yimH5879?”But they saidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559, “There has beenהָיְתָ֥הha.ye.TahH1961noלֹא־lo'-H3808templeH6945prostituteH6945hereבָזֶ֖הva.ZehH2088.”
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