Genesis 38:23
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Berean Study Bible
“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”

Young's Literal Translation
and Judah saith, ‘Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; lo, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.’

King James Bible
And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

Hebrew
“Let her
לָ֔הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

keep the items,”
תִּֽקַּֽח־ (tiq·qaḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

Judah
יְהוּדָה֙ (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

replied.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Otherwise
פֶּ֖ן (pen)
Conjunction
Strong's 6435: Removal, lest

we will become
נִהְיֶ֣ה (nih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a laughingstock.
לָב֑וּז (lā·ḇūz)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 937: Disrespect

After all,
הִנֵּ֤ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

I did send her
שָׁלַ֙חְתִּי֙ (šā·laḥ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

this
הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

young goat,
הַגְּדִ֣י (hag·gə·ḏî)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1423: A kid (a young goat)

but you
וְאַתָּ֖ה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

could not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

find her.”
מְצָאתָֽהּ׃ (mə·ṣā·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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