King James Version
Genesis 38:1 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose n...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.”
Genesis 38:1 · KJV
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And it came to pass at that time”
H6256time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“went down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“that Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“from his brethren”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
“and turned”
H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“in to a certain”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“whose name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
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