Verse 22

{ "verseID": "Genesis.38.22", "source": "וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ אֶל־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לֹ֣א מְצָאתִ֑יהָ וְגַ֨ם אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמָּקוֹם֙ אָֽמְר֔וּ לֹא־הָיְתָ֥ה בָזֶ֖ה קְדֵשָֽׁה", "text": "And *wayyāšāb* unto *Yehûdāh* and *wayyōʾmer*, *lōʾ* *məṣāʾtîhā*, and also *ʾanšê* the *hammāqôm* *ʾāmərû*, *lōʾ*-*hāyətāh* here *qədēšāh*", "grammar": { "*wayyāšāb*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he returned", "*Yehûdāh*": "proper noun, masculine - Judah", "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*məṣāʾtîhā*": "qal perfect, 1st common singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - I found her", "*ʾanšê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - men of", "*hammāqôm*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the place", "*ʾāmərû*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they said", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*hāyətāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she was", "*qədēšāh*": "noun, feminine singular - cult prostitute" }, "variants": { "*wayyāšāb*": "and he returned/came back", "*məṣāʾtîhā*": "I found her/located her/discovered her", "*ʾāmərû*": "they said/declared/stated", "*hāyətāh*": "she was/has been/existed" } }

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