H9001–/וַ–v

She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.

וַתַּ֥הַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

וַתֹּ֤סֶף (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶד (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va. “and”וְהָיָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

וַיִּקַּ֧ח (וַ) va “and”

Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh. Yahweh killed him.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיְמִתֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother."

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

וַיֵּ֣דַע (וַ) va “and”וְהָיָ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁחֵ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”

The thing which he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he killed him also.

וַיֵּ֛רַע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖מֶת (וַ) va “and”

Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va. “and”

After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.

וַיִּרְבּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַתָּ֖מָת (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֜עַל (וַ) va “and”

It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

וַיֻּגַּ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.

וַתָּסַר֩ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּכַ֤ס (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּתְעַלָּ֔ף (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ (וַ) va. “and”

When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

וַיִּרְאֶ֣הָ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחְשְׁבֶ֖הָ (וַֽ) va “and”

He turned to her by the way, and said, "Please come, let me come in to you:" for he didn't know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?"

וַיֵּ֨ט (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

He said, "I will send you a kid of the goats from the flock." She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?"

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

He said, "What pledge will I give you?" She said, "Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַתַּ֥הַר (וַ) va. “and”

She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

וַתָּ֣קָם (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֔לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּ֥סַר (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּלְבַּ֖שׁ (וַ) va. “and”

Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he didn't find her.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?" They said, "There has been no prostitute here."

וַיִּשְׁאַ֞ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'"

וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this kid, and you haven't found her."

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֻּגַּ֨ד (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these-- the signet, and the cords, and the staff."

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, because I didn't give her to Shelah, my son." He knew her again no more.

וַיַּכֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.

וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”

It happened, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out first."

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּקְשֹׁ֨ר (וַ) va. “and”