Genesis

Genesis 38:2

²There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
There	שָׁ֧ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
Judah	יְהוּדָ֛ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
saw	וַיַּרְא־	way·yar-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7200 see
the daughter	בַּת־	baṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1323 daughter
of a Canaanite	כְּנַעֲנִ֖י	kə·na·‘ă·nî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3669 trader, merchant
man	אִ֥ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
named	וּשְׁמ֣וֹ	ū·šə·mōw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H8034 name
Shua	שׁ֑וּעַ	šū·a‘	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7770 Shua
and he took her as a wife	וַיִּקָּחֶ֖הָ	way·yiq·qā·ḥe·hā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H3947 take
and slept with	וַיָּבֹ֥א	way·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
her	אֵלֶֽיהָ׃	’ê·le·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H413 motion to

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.