Genesis 38:15 Go deeper

When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. (KJV)

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וַיִּרְאֶ֣הָvai.yir.'E.haand he saw her

Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G

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

Meaning: to see: see

Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Genesis 38:15 word 1

יְהוּדָ֔הye.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 38:1, Genesis 38:2, Genesis 38:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3063G; TAHOT Genesis 38:15 word 2

וַֽיַּחְשְׁבֶ֖הָvai.yach.she.Ve.haand he considered her

Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803J

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

Meaning: to devise: think

Used 26 times. Also: Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:20, 1 Samuel 1:13, Job 6:26, Job 13:24, Job 18:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2803J; TAHOT Genesis 38:15 word 3

לְזוֹנָ֑הle.zo.Nahto a prostitute

Lemma: זָנָה (za.nah) · Strong's: H2181

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrfsa)

Meaning: to fornicate

Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 34:31, Genesis 38:24, Exodus 34:15, Exodus 34:16, Leviticus 17:7, Leviticus 19:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2181; TAHOT Genesis 38:15 word 4

כִּ֥יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 38:15 word 5

כִסְּתָ֖הkhi.se.Tahshe had covered

Lemma: כָּסָה (ka.sah) · Strong's: H3680

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpp3fs)

Meaning: to cover

Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 18:17, Genesis 24:65, Genesis 37:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3680; TAHOT Genesis 38:15 word 6

פָּנֶֽיהָ\׃pa.Nei.haface her

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H

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

Meaning: face

Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Genesis 38:15 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

When Judah	→	יְהוּדָה H3063G Judah
saw her	→	רָאָה H7200G to see: see
he thought	→	חָשַׁב H2803J to devise: think
she was a prostitute	→	זָנָה H2181 to fornicate
because	→	כִּי H3588A for
she had covered	→	כָּסָה H3680 to cover
her face	→	פָּנֶה H6440H face

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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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