| 22. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 38:22:1 ⧉וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙vayashavhe returned Genesis 38:22:2 ⧉אֶל־יְהוּדָ֔הelyehudato Judah Genesis 38:22:3 ⧉וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvayomerhe said Genesis 38:22:4 ⧉לֹ֣אlonot Genesis 38:22:5 ⧉מְצָאתִ֑יהָmetsatihaI found her Genesis 38:22:6 ⧉וְגַ֨םvegamand also Genesis 38:22:7 ⧉אַנְשֵׁ֤יansheimen of the Genesis 38:22:8 ⧉הַמָּקוֹם֙hammakomplace Genesis 38:22:9 ⧉אָֽמְר֔וּamruthey said Genesis 38:22:10 ⧉לֹא־הָיְתָ֥הlohayetathere was no Genesis 38:22:11 ⧉בָזֶ֖הvazehere Genesis 38:22:12 ⧉קְדֵשָֽׁה׃kedeshacult prostitute |
| 22. Formal Translation He returned to Judah and said, “I did not find her, and also the men of the place said, ‘No sacred prostitute has been here.’” |
| 22. Dynamic Translation So he went back to Judah and said, “I could not find her. Also the local men said, ‘There has not been a shrine prostitute here.’” |