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Genesis 38:22

So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
Genesis 38:22
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ אֶל־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לֹ֣א מְצָאתִ֑יהָ וְגַ֨ם אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמָּקוֹם֙ אָֽמְר֔וּ לֹא־הָיְתָ֥ה בָזֶ֖ה קְדֵשָֽׁה׃

  1. וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙vai.Ya.shov“and he returned”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from שׁוּב · “return” · Strong's H7725G
  2. אֶל־'el-“to”
    Preposition · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  3. יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.Dah“Judah”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from יְהוּדָה · “Judah” · Strong's H3063G
  4. וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.mer“and he said”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  5. לֹ֣אlo'“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  6. מְצָאתִ֑יהָme.tza.Ti.ha“I found her”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from מָצָא · “to find” · Strong's H4672
  7. וְגַ֨םve.Gam“and also”
    Conjunction + Adverb · from גַּם · “also” · Strong's H1571
  8. אַנְשֵׁ֤י'an.Shei“[the] men of”
    Noun, masculine, plural, construct · from אֱנוֹשׁ · “human” · Strong's H0582
  9. הַמָּקוֹם֙ha.ma.kOm“the place”
    Definite article + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from מָקוֹם · “standing place” · Strong's H4725
  10. אָֽמְר֔וּ'a.me.Ru“they said”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
  11. לֹא־lo'-“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  12. הָיְתָ֥הha.ye.Tah“she was”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from הָיָה · “to be” · Strong's H1961
  13. בָזֶ֖הva.Zeh“in this [place]”
    Preposition + Particle, demonstrative · from זֶה · “this” · Strong's H2088
  14. קְדֵשָֽׁה׃ke.de.Shah“a cult prostitute”
    Adjective, feminine, singular, absolute · from קְדֵשָׁה · “cult prostitute” · Strong's H6948
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)