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And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. (KJV)

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וַֽיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it was

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 38:1 word 1

בָּעֵ֣תba.'Etat the time

Lemma: עֵת (et) · Strong's: H6256

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: time

Used 296 times. Also: Genesis 8:11, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 24:11, Genesis 29:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6256; TAHOT Genesis 38:1 word 2

הַהִ֔ואha.Hiv'<the> that

Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)

Meaning: he/she/it

Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Genesis 38:1 word 3

וַיֵּ֥רֶדvai.Ye.redand he went down

Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to go down

Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 15:11, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT Genesis 38:1 word 4

יְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahJudah

Lemma: יְהוּדָה (ye.hu.dah) · Strong's: H3063G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Judah

Used 810 times. Also: Genesis 29:35, Genesis 35:23, Genesis 37:26, Genesis 38:2, Genesis 38:6, Genesis 38:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3063G; TAHOT Genesis 38:1 word 5

מֵאֵ֣תme.'Etfrom with

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0854

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: with

Used 928 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0854; TAHOT Genesis 38:1 word 6

אֶחָ֑יו'e.Chavbrothers his

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: brother: male-sibling

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Genesis 38:1 word 7

וַיֵּ֛טvai.Yetand he turned aside

Lemma: נָטָה (na.tah) · Strong's: H5186

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to stretch

Used 212 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 26:25, Genesis 33:19, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 38:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5186; TAHOT Genesis 38:1 word 8

עַד\־'ad-to

Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: till

Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Genesis 38:1 word 9

אִ֥ישׁ'isha man

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: man

Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Genesis 38:1 word 10

עֲדֻלָּמִ֖י'a.du.la.Mian Adullamite

Lemma: עֲדֻלָּמִי (a.dul.la.mi) · Strong's: H5726

Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)

Meaning: Adullamite

Used 3 times. Also: Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5726; TAHOT Genesis 38:1 word 11

וּשְׁמ֥וֹu.she.Moand name his

Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: name

Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Genesis 38:1 word 12

חִירָֽה\׃chi.Rah[was] Hirah

Lemma: חִירָה (chi.rah) · Strong's: H2437

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Hirah

Used 2 times. Also: Genesis 38:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2437; TAHOT Genesis 38:1 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

About	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
that	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
time	→	עֵת H6256 time
Judah	→	יְהוּדָה H3063G Judah
. . .	→	אֵת H0854 with
left	→	יָרַד H3381 to go down
his brothers	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling
and settled	→	נָטָה H5186 to stretch
near	→	עַד H5704 till
a man	→	אִישׁ H0376G man
named	→	שֵׁם H8034 name
Hirah	→	חִירָה H2437 Hirah
an Adullamite	→	עֲדֻלָּמִי H5726 Adullamite

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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