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"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Genesis.38.7",
"source": "וַיְהִ֗י עֵ֚ר בְּכ֣וֹר יְהוּדָ֔ה רַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיְמִתֵ֖הוּ יְהוָֽה",
"text": "And *wayehî* *ʿĒr* *bəḵôr* *Yehûdāh* *raʿ* in *bəʿênê* *YHWH*, and *wayemitēhû* *YHWH*",
"grammar": {
"*wayehî*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he was",
"*ʿĒr*": "proper noun, masculine - Er",
"*bəḵôr*": "noun, masculine singular construct - firstborn of",
"*Yehûdāh*": "proper noun, masculine - Judah",
"*raʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - evil/wicked",
"*bəʿênê*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual construct - in the eyes of",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh",
"*wayemitēhû*": "waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he put him to death"
},
"variants": {
"*wayehî*": "and he was/became",
"*raʿ*": "evil/wicked/displeasing",
"*bəʿênê*": "in the eyes of/in the sight of/according to the judgment of",
"*wayemitēhû*": "and he put him to death/killed him/caused him to die"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Genesis.38.8",
"source": "וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוּדָה֙ לְאוֹנָ֔ן בֹּ֛א אֶל־אֵ֥שֶׁת אָחִ֖יךָ וְיַבֵּ֣ם אֹתָ֑הּ וְהָקֵ֥ם זֶ֖רַע לְאָחִֽיךָ",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *Yehûdāh* to *ʾÔnān*, *bōʾ* unto *ʾēšet* your *ʾāḥîḵā* and *yabbēm* *ʾōtāh*, and *hāqēm* *zeraʿ* to your *ʾāḥîḵā*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*Yehûdāh*": "proper noun, masculine - Judah",
"*ʾÔnān*": "proper noun, masculine - Onan",
"*bōʾ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - go in/come",
"*ʾēšet*": "noun, feminine singular construct - wife of",
"*ʾāḥîḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your brother",
"*yabbēm*": "piel imperative, masculine singular - perform levirate duty to",
"*ʾōtāh*": "direct object marker + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her",
"*hāqēm*": "hiphil imperative, masculine singular - raise up/establish",
"*zeraʿ*": "noun, masculine singular - seed/offspring",
"*ʾāḥîḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your brother"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "and he said/spoke/commanded",
"*bōʾ*": "go in/come to/have relations with",
"*yabbēm*": "perform levirate marriage duty/fulfill brother-in-law obligation",
"*hāqēm*": "raise up/establish/maintain",
"*zeraʿ*": "seed/offspring/descendants"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Genesis.38.9",
"source": "וַיֵּ֣דַע אוֹנָ֔ן כִּ֛י לֹּ֥א ל֖וֹ יִהְיֶ֣ה הַזָּ֑רַע וְהָיָ֞ה אִם־בָּ֨א אֶל־אֵ֤שֶׁת אָחִיו֙ וְשִׁחֵ֣ת אַ֔רְצָה לְבִלְתִּ֥י נְתָן־זֶ֖רַע לְאָחִֽיו",
"text": "And *wayyēdaʿ* *ʾÔnān* that *lōʾ* to him *yihyeh* the *zāraʿ*, and *wəhāyāh* if *bāʾ* unto *ʾēšet* his *ʾāḥîw* and *wəšiḥēt* *ʾarṣāh* to prevent *nətān*-*zeraʿ* to his *ʾāḥîw*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyēdaʿ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he knew",
"*ʾÔnān*": "proper noun, masculine - Onan",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*yihyeh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would be",
"*zāraʿ*": "noun, masculine singular + definite article - the offspring/seed",
"*wəhāyāh*": "waw-consecutive + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it was/happened",
"*bāʾ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he went in",
"*ʾēšet*": "noun, feminine singular construct - wife of",
"*ʾāḥîw*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother",
"*wəšiḥēt*": "waw-consecutive + piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he ruined/destroyed",
"*ʾarṣāh*": "noun, feminine singular + directional heh - to the ground",
"*nətān*": "qal infinitive construct - giving",
"*zeraʿ*": "noun, masculine singular - seed/offspring",
"*ʾāḥîw*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyēdaʿ*": "and he knew/recognized/understood",
"*yihyeh*": "would be/become/belong to",
"*wəhāyāh*": "and it was/happened/came to pass",
"*bāʾ*": "went in to/had relations with",
"*wəšiḥēt*": "and he ruined/wasted/destroyed",
"*ʾarṣāh*": "to the ground/on the earth/to the floor",
"*nətān*": "giving/providing/establishing"
}
}