Genesis 38:19 Go deeper
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And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. (KJV)
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וַתָּ֣קָםva.Ta.komand she arose
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to arise: rise
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965B; TAHOT Genesis 38:19 word 1
וַתֵּ֔לֶךְva.Te.lekhand she went
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Genesis 38:19 word 2
וַתָּ֥סַרva.Ta.sarand she removed
Lemma: סוּר (sur) · Strong's: H5493G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhw3fs)
Meaning: to turn aside: remove
Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 41:42 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5493G; TAHOT Genesis 38:19 word 3
צְעִיפָ֖הּtze.'i.Fahveil her
Lemma: צָעִיף (tsa.iph) · Strong's: H6809
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: shawl
Used 3 times. Also: Genesis 24:65, Genesis 38:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6809; TAHOT Genesis 38:19 word 4
מֵעָלֶ֑יהָme.'a.Lei.hafrom on <the> her
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Genesis 38:19 word 5
וַתִּלְבַּ֖שׁva.til.Bashand she put on
Lemma: לָבֵשׁ (la.vash) · Strong's: H3847
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to clothe
Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 3:21, Genesis 27:15, Genesis 27:16, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 41:42, Exodus 28:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3847; TAHOT Genesis 38:19 word 6
בִּגְדֵ֥יbig.Dei[the] clothes of
Lemma: בֶּ֫גֶד (be.ged) · Strong's: H0899B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: garment
Used 214 times. Also: Genesis 24:53, Genesis 27:15, Genesis 27:27, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 37:29, Genesis 38:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0899B; TAHOT Genesis 38:19 word 7
אַלְמְנוּתָֽהּ\׃'al.me.nu.Tahwidowhood her
Lemma: אַלְמָנוּת (al.ma.nut) · Strong's: H0491
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: widowhood
Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 38:14, 2 Samuel 20:3, Isaiah 54:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0491; TAHOT Genesis 38:19 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then Tamar got up | → | קוּם H6965B to arise: rise |
| and departed | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| And she removed | → | סוּר H5493G to turn aside: remove |
| her veil | → | צָעִיף H6809 shawl |
| . . . | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| and put on her widow’s | → | אַלְמָנוּת H0491 widowhood |
| garments | → | בֶּ֫גֶד H0899B garment |
| again | → | לָבֵשׁ H3847 to clothe |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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