OET interlinear GEN 38:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יֹּ֗אמֶר

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said what [is]_the,pledge which/who give to,you and=she/it_said seal_of,your and,cord_of,your and,staff_of,your which/who [is]_in,hand_of,your and,he_gave_[them] to,her and,he_went to=her/it and=she/it_conceived/became_pregnant to=him/it )

Alternate translation: [So Judah asked her]

מָ֣ה הָֽ⁠עֵרָבוֹן֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶתֶּן־לָּ⁠ךְ֒

what (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said what [is]_the,pledge which/who give to,you and=she/it_said seal_of,your and,cord_of,your and,staff_of,your which/who [is]_in,hand_of,your and,he_gave_[them] to,her and,he_went to=her/it and=she/it_conceived/became_pregnant to=him/it )

Alternate translation: [What should I give to you as a pledge]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

חֹתָֽמְ⁠ךָ֙

seal_of,your

A signet was a ring used to prove the owner’s identity and to sign documents that were written on clay tablets. If people in your culture are not familiar with this thing, you could put some of this information in a footnote. Alternate translation: [Your signature ring]

וּ⁠מַטְּ⁠ךָ֖

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said what [is]_the,pledge which/who give to,you and=she/it_said seal_of,your and,cord_of,your and,staff_of,your which/who [is]_in,hand_of,your and,he_gave_[them] to,her and,he_went to=her/it and=she/it_conceived/became_pregnant to=him/it )

Alternate translation: [and your cane]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

וַ⁠יָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶ֖י⁠הָ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said what [is]_the,pledge which/who give to,you and=she/it_said seal_of,your and,cord_of,your and,staff_of,your which/who [is]_in,hand_of,your and,he_gave_[them] to,her and,he_went to=her/it and=she/it_conceived/became_pregnant to=him/it )

Consider again how you translated the idiom went to in the book of Genesis. See [6:4](../06/04.md) (See: note); [16:2](../16/02.md), 4; [19:31](../19/31.md); [30:3–4](../30/03.md); [38:2](../38/02.md), [8–9](../38/08.md), [16](../38/16.md), [18](../38/18.md). It may be necessary to translate this phrase in different ways, depending on the context; for example, the relationship in Genesis [38:16](../38/16.md), [18](../38/18.md) was outside of marriage. Alternate translation: [Then he lay with her]

וַ⁠תַּ֥הַר לֽ⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said what [is]_the,pledge which/who give to,you and=she/it_said seal_of,your and,cord_of,your and,staff_of,your which/who [is]_in,hand_of,your and,he_gave_[them] to,her and,he_went to=her/it and=she/it_conceived/became_pregnant to=him/it )

Consider again how you translated conceive in the book of Genesis. See [4:1](../04/01.md), [17](../04/17.md); [16:4–5](../16/04.md); [19:36](../19/36.md); [21:2](../21/02.md); [25:21](../25/21.md); [29:32–35](../29/32.md); [30:5](../30/05.md), 7, [17](../30/17.md), [19](../30/19.md), [23](../30/23.md); [38:3–4](../38/03.md), [18](../38/18.md). Alternate translation: [and she became pregnant by him] or [and he caused her to become pregnant]