Genesis 38:11
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.”
יָשַׁב
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
מוּת
he should die
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מוּת
To die, to be put to death. Muth. The sting of death is sin. But death has been swallowed up in victory. Jesus holds the keys of death.
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בֵּן
son/ my
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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בַּיִת
the house of
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בַּיִת
House, household, family. Bayith. In My Father's house are many rooms. God has a home prepared for everyone who belongs to Him.
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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יְהוּדָה
Judah
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יְהוּדָה
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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גָּדַל
he will grow up
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גָּדַל
to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
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פֵּן
lest
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פֵּן
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
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שֵׁלָה
Shelah
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שֵׁלָה
Shelah, the name of a postdiluvian patriarch and of an Israelite
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כַּלָּה
daughter-in-law/ his
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כַּלָּה
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
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תָּמָר
Tamar
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תָּמָר
Tamar, the name of three women and a place
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