Génesis 38:21

21 Y preguntó a los hombres del lugar, diciendo: ¿Dónde está la ramera que estaba en Enaim, junto al camino? Y ellos dijeron: Aquí no ha habido ninguna ramera.

Génesis 38:21 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 38:21

Then he asked the men of that place
Or "of her place" {d}, of the woman's place, supposing that she dwelt somewhere thereabout: saying, where [is] the harlot that [was] openly by the wayside?
that sat there very publicly some little time ago: the word for "harlot" ^F5 comes from another, which signifies to sanctify or separate to holy uses; and harlots were so called, either by an antiphrasis, by way of contradiction, being unholy; or because, as Jarchi observes, they were separated and destined to whoredom; or because they were such as were devoted to Venus, and the worshippers of her, and prostitutes in her temple, and in the temples of other Heathen deities; but it is questionable whether such practices as yet were used; and they said, there was no harlot in this [place];
they had not known any harlot to frequent that place lately, and Tamar sat there so small a time as not to have been observed by them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (hmqm yvna) "viros loci ejus, scil mulieris", Piscator, Schimdt.
F5 (hvdqh)

Génesis 38:21 In-Context

19 Entonces ella se levantó y se fue; se quitó el velo y se puso sus ropas de viuda.

20 Cuando Judá envió el cabrito por medio de su amigo el adulamita, para recobrar la prenda de mano de la mujer, no la halló.

21 Y preguntó a los hombres del lugar, diciendo: ¿Dónde está la ramera que estaba en Enaim, junto al camino? Y ellos dijeron: Aquí no ha habido ninguna ramera.

22 Y él volvió donde Judá, y le dijo: No la encontré; y además, los hombres del lugar dijeron: "Aquí no ha habido ninguna ramera."

23 Entonces Judá dijo: Que se quede con las prendas, para que no seamos causa de burla. Ya ves que envié este cabrito, y tú no la has encontrado.