וַיִּקַּ֧ח יְהוּדָ֛ה אִשָּׁ֖ה לְעֵ֣ר בְּכֹורֹ֑ו וּשְׁמָ֖הּ תָּמָֽר׃
And Yehuda took a wife for ʿEr, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
Morphology
- וַיִּקַּ֧ח (va-yiq-qach) – Root: לקח (la-qach); Form: Qal, imperfect, 3ms with vav-consecutive; Translation: “and he took”
- יְהוּדָ֛ה (Ye-hu-dah) – Proper noun; Translation: “Yehudah”
- אִשָּׁ֖ה (ish-shah) – Root: אשה (i-shah); Form: noun, fs; Translation: “a wife”
- לְעֵ֣ר (le-er) – Root: ער (er); Form: preposition + proper noun; Translation: “for Er”
- בְּכֹורֹ֑ו (be-kho-ro) – Root: בכר (ba-char); Form: noun, ms with 3ms suffix; Translation: “his firstborn”
- וּשְׁמָ֖הּ (u-she-mah) – Root: שם (shem); Form: conjunction + noun with 3fs suffix; Translation: “and her name”
- תָּמָֽר (Ta-mar) – Proper noun; Translation: “Tamar”