וַתָּסַר֩ בִּגְדֵ֨י אַלְמְנוּתָ֜הּ מֵֽעָלֶ֗יהָ וַתְּכַ֤ס בַּצָּעִיף֙ וַתִּתְעַלָּ֔ף וַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ בְּפֶ֣תַח עֵינַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־דֶּ֣רֶךְ תִּמְנָ֑תָה כִּ֤י רָאֲתָה֙ כִּֽי־גָדַ֣ל שֵׁלָ֔ה וְהִ֕וא לֹֽא־נִתְּנָ֥ה ל֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
Lalu Tamar menanggalkan pakaian jandanya, menutupi dirinya dengan kerudung dan menyelubungi wajahnya. Kemudian ia duduk di persimpangan jalan yang terbuka, yang terletak di jalan menuju Timna. Sebab ia melihat bahwa Syela sudah besar, tetapi dirinya belum juga diberikan kepada Syela sebagai istri.
Sha'arei Orah
It is this Divine quality that can transform the quality of judgment to mercy, and exchange death for life, exchange illness for health, exchange barren for fertile. For, all is dependent upon it, and it is thus called, The Opening of the Wellsprings-Petach Eynayim-פתח עינים.203Genesis 38:14 – The term “Eynayim-עינים” means both “eyes” and “wellsprings.” Thus, since everything is dependent upon the Divine quality called, “Thus-Koh-כה,” HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, answered Avraham,204Genesis 15:5 “Thus-Koh-כה shall your offspring be.”