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Genesis 38:11 (MSG)

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11 So Judah stepped in and told his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Live as a widow at home with your father until my son Shelah grows up." He was worried that Shelah would also end up dead, just like his brothers. So Tamar went to live with her father.

Definition(s):
Judah (Joo-da): the praise of the Lord; confession
Shelah (Sheh-la): that breaks; that unties; that undresses
Tamar (Ta-mar): palm; palm-tree