Genesis
Genesis 38:23
23“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock.a After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
Footnotes
- a 38:23 Or we will become despised
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Let her | לָ֔הּ | lāh | Preposition; third person feminine singular | |
| keep the items | תִּֽקַּֽח־ | tiq·qaḥ- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H3947 take |
| Judah | יְהוּדָה֙ | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| replied | וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Otherwise | פֶּ֖ן | pen | Conjunction | H6435 lest |
| we will become | נִהְיֶ֣ה | nih·yeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a laughingstock | לָב֑וּז | lā·ḇūz | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H937 contempt |
| After all | הִנֵּ֤ה | hin·nêh | Interjection | H2009 lo! behold! |
| I did send her | שָׁלַ֙חְתִּי֙ | šā·laḥ·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H7971 send |
| this | הַזֶּ֔ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| young goat | הַגְּדִ֣י | hag·gə·ḏî | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1423 kid |
| but you | וְאַתָּ֖ה | wə·’at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| could not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| find her | מְצָאתָֽהּ׃ | mə·ṣā·ṯāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H4672 attain to, find |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.