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Sforno on Genesis 38:11/ספורנו על בראשית ל״ח:י״א
אשְׁבִי אַלְמָנָה. הַמְתִינִי בְּאַלְמְנוּת, כְּמוֹ "יָמִים רַבִּים תֵּשְׁבִי לִי" (הושע ג:ג).
1שבי אלמנה, wait for a while in a state of widowhood. This expression also occurs in Hoseah 3,3 ימים רבים תשבי לי, “you will have to go a long time without marrying.”
בפֶּן יָמוּת גַּם הוּא כְּאֶחָיו. פֶּן יִשְׁגֶּה בְּיָפְיָהּ בְּיַלְדוּתוֹ כְּמוֹ שֶׁעָשׂוּ אֶחָיו וְיָמוּת:
2פן ימות הוא כאחיו, so he would not be so preoccupied with Tamar’s beauty due to his immaturity which had deflected his brothers from the purpose of marriage, and he too would die as a result of this.