Genesis 38:6 Go deeper

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. (KJV)

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וַיִּקַּ֧חvai.yi.Kachand he took

Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G

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

Meaning: to take: take

Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Genesis 38:6 word 1

יְהוּדָ֛הye.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 38:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3063G; TAHOT Genesis 38:6 word 2

אִשָּׁ֖ה'i.Shaha wife

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: woman: wife

Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Genesis 38:6 word 3

לְעֵ֣רle.'Erfor Er

Lemma: עֵר (er) · Strong's: H6147G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Er

Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 38:3, Genesis 38:7, Genesis 46:12, Numbers 26:19, 1 Chronicles 2:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6147G; TAHOT Genesis 38:6 word 4

בְּכוֹר֑וֹbe.kho.Rofirstborn his

Lemma: בְּכוֹר (be.khor) · Strong's: H1060

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

Meaning: firstborn

Used 122 times. Also: Genesis 4:4, Genesis 10:15, Genesis 22:21, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1060; TAHOT Genesis 38:6 word 5

וּשְׁמָ֖הּu.she.Mahand name her

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 38:6 word 6

תָּמָֽר\׃ta.Mar[was] Tamar

Lemma: תָּמָר (ta.mar) · Strong's: H8559G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)

Meaning: Tamar

Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 38:11, Genesis 38:13, Genesis 38:24, Ruth 4:12, 1 Chronicles 2:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8559G; TAHOT Genesis 38:6 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Now Judah	→	יְהוּדָה H3063G Judah
acquired	→	לָקַח H3947G to take: take
a wife	→	אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife
for Er	→	עֵר H6147G Er
his firstborn	→	בְּכוֹר H1060 firstborn
and her name	→	שֵׁם H8034 name
was Tamar	→	תָּמָר H8559G Tamar

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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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