ציטירנדיקער פּירוש אויף בראשית 38:21

בזה. As if the Torah had written במקום הזה, “in this place.” The brief בזה, also appears in the same sense already in 38,21 לא היתה בזה קדשה, “no harlot has been in this place, the word for “place,” מקום, being omitted.

The passage involving a prostitute comes next, because of the connection through the male slave. The Exegetes of our religion have asserted [Sanhedrin 54b] that a male prostitute denotes a catamite (as evidenced by the preposition from the sons of Israel). Moreover, when Elihu said “…and their life as that of the male prostitutes” [Job 36: 14], the word “their soul” was parallel to “their life”, and thus the word “male prostitutes” was parallel to “youth”. In addition, there are the verses “there was male prostitution in the land” [I Kings 14: 24], and “the houses of the male prostitutes” [II Kings 23: 7] (where the latter are distinct from the “women”, who were “weaving there”). I do not understand the etymology of the word prostitute . However, when one inquires thoroughly into the meaning of the word, it becomes clear that it denotes a woman who is receptive to any man (this is evidenced by “where is the prostitute?” [Genesis 38: 21]). If so, then a male prostitute is someone who performs the acts of the Egyptians — verbum sat sapienti. After mentioning harlotry, Scripture then proceeds to discuss