3 {
"verseID": "Genesis.38.3",
"source": "וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ עֵֽר",
"text": "And *wattahar* and *wattēled* *bēn*, and *wayyiqrāʾ* *ʾet*-*šemô* *ʿĒr*",
"grammar": {
"*wattahar*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she conceived",
"*wattēled*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she bore/gave birth to",
"*bēn*": "noun, masculine singular - son",
"*wayyiqrāʾ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he called",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*šemô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name",
"*ʿĒr*": "proper noun, masculine - Er"
},
"variants": {
"*wattahar*": "and she became pregnant/conceived",
"*wattēled*": "and she gave birth to/bore",
"*wayyiqrāʾ*": "and he called/named"
}
}
4 {
"verseID": "Genesis.38.4",
"source": "וַתַּ֥הַר ע֖וֹד וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ אוֹנָֽן",
"text": "And *wattahar* again and *wattēled* *bēn*, and *wattiqrāʾ* *ʾet*-*šemô* *ʾÔnān*",
"grammar": {
"*wattahar*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she conceived",
"*wattēled*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she bore/gave birth to",
"*bēn*": "noun, masculine singular - son",
"*wattiqrāʾ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she called",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*šemô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name",
"*ʾÔnān*": "proper noun, masculine - Onan"
},
"variants": {
"*wattahar*": "and she became pregnant/conceived",
"*wattēled*": "and she gave birth to/bore",
"*wattiqrāʾ*": "and she called/named"
}
}
5 {
"verseID": "Genesis.38.5",
"source": "וַתֹּ֤סֶף עוֹד֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שֵׁלָ֑ה וְהָיָ֥ה בִכְזִ֖יב בְּלִדְתָּ֥הּ אֹתֽוֹ",
"text": "And *wattōsef* again and *wattēled* *bēn*, and *wattiqrāʾ* *ʾet*-*šemô* *Šēlāh*, and *wəhāyāh* in *biḵzîb* in *bəlidtāh* *ʾōtô*",
"grammar": {
"*wattōsef*": "waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she added/continued",
"*wattēled*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she bore/gave birth to",
"*bēn*": "noun, masculine singular - son",
"*wattiqrāʾ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she called",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*šemô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his name",
"*Šēlāh*": "proper noun, masculine - Shelah",
"*wəhāyāh*": "waw-conjunctive + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he was",
"*biḵzîb*": "preposition + proper noun - in Chezib",
"*bəlidtāh*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in her bearing/when she gave birth to",
"*ʾōtô*": "direct object marker + 3rd masculine singular suffix - him"
},
"variants": {
"*wattōsef*": "and she added/continued/proceeded",
"*wattēled*": "and she gave birth to/bore",
"*wattiqrāʾ*": "and she called/named",
"*wəhāyāh*": "and he was/happened to be",
"*bəlidtāh*": "in her giving birth to/when she bore"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Genesis.38.6",
"source": "וַיִּקַּ֧ח יְהוּדָ֛ה אִשָּׁ֖ה לְעֵ֣ר בְּכוֹר֑וֹ וּשְׁמָ֖הּ תָּמָֽר",
"text": "And *wayyiqqaḥ* *Yehûdāh* *ʾiššāh* for *ʿĒr* *bəḵôrô*, and *šəmāh* *Tāmār*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiqqaḥ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he took",
"*Yehûdāh*": "proper noun, masculine - Judah",
"*ʾiššāh*": "noun, feminine singular - woman/wife",
"*ʿĒr*": "proper noun, masculine - Er",
"*bəḵôrô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his firstborn",
"*šəmāh*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her name",
"*Tāmār*": "proper noun, feminine - Tamar"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyiqqaḥ*": "and he took/selected/chose",
"*ʾiššāh*": "woman/wife",
"*bəḵôrô*": "his firstborn/eldest son"
}
}