H9001–/וַ–v

and she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Onan;

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

and she addeth again, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Shelah; and he was in Chezib in her bearing him.

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

And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name `is' Tamar;

וַיִּקַּ֧ח (וַ) va “and”

and Er, Judah's first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth put him to death.

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

And Judah saith to Onan, `Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and Onan knoweth that the seed is not `reckoned' his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother's wife, that he hath destroyed `it' to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;

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

and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.

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

And Judah saith to Tamar his daughter-in-law, `Abide a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son groweth up;' for he said, `Lest he die -- even he -- like his brethren;' and Tamar goeth and dwelleth at her father's house.

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

And the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, dieth; and Judah is comforted, and goeth up unto his sheep-shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath.

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

And it is declared to Tamar, saying, `Lo, thy husband's father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock;'

וַיֻּגַּ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

and she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the opening of Enayim, which `is' by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife.

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

And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,

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

and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, `Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,' (for he hath not known that she `is' his daughter-in-law); and she saith, `What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'

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

and he saith, `I -- I send a kid of the goats from the flock.' And she saith, `Dost thou give a pledge till thou send `it'?'

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

and he saith, `What `is' the pledge that I give to thee?' and she saith, `Thy seal, and thy ribbon, and thy staff which `is' in thy hand;' and he giveth to her, and goeth in unto her, and she conceiveth to him;

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

and she riseth, and goeth, and turneth aside her vail from off her, and putteth on the garments of her widowhood.

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

And Judah sendeth the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the hand of the woman, and he hath not found her.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And he asketh the men of her place, saying, `Where `is' the separated one -- she in Enayim, by the way?' and they say, `There hath not been in this `place' a separated one.'

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

And he turneth back unto Judah, and saith, `I have not found her; and the men of the place also have said, There hath not been in this `place' a separated one,'

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

and Judah saith, `Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; lo, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass about three months `after', that it is declared to Judah, saying, `Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath committed fornication; and also, lo, she hath conceived by fornication:' and Judah saith, `Bring her out -- and she is burnt.'

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

She is brought out, and she hath sent unto her husband's father, saying, `To a man whose these `are', I `am' pregnant;' and she saith, `Discern, I pray thee, whose `are' these -- the seal, and the ribbons, and the staff.'

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And Judah discerneth and saith, `She hath been more righteous than I, because that I did not give her to Shelah my son;' and he hath not added to know her again.

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

And it cometh to pass in the time of her bearing, that lo, twins `are' in her womb;

וַיְהִ֖י (וַ) va “and”

and it cometh to pass in her bearing, that `one' giveth out a hand, and the midwife taketh and bindeth on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, `This hath come out first.'

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