Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 38:23 Interlinear

“said And Judah Let her take it to her lest we be shamed behold I sent this kid and thou hast not found”

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Genesis 38 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	H559	said	to say (used with great latitude)
2	יְהוּדָה֙	H3063	And Judah	jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
3	תִּֽקַּֽח	H3947	Let her take	to take (in the widest variety of applications)
4	לָ֔הּ	H0
5	פֶּ֖ן	H6435		properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
6	נִֽהְיֶ֣ה	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
7	לָב֑וּז	H937	it to her lest we be shamed	disrespect
8	הִנֵּ֤ה	H2009		lo!
9	שָׁלַ֙חְתִּי֙	H7971	behold I sent	to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
10	הַגְּדִ֣י	H1423	this kid	a young goat (from browsing)
11	הַזֶּ֔ה	H2088		the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
12	וְאַתָּ֖ה	H859		thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
13	לֹ֥א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
14	מְצָאתָֽהּ׃	H4672	and thou hast not found	properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

Genesis 38:23 (current)said And Judah Let her take it to her lest we be shamed behold I sent this kid and thou hast not found