When Tamar was told may have to be expressed in an active form; for example, “When they told Tamar” or “When Tamar found out.”
Your father-in-law: that is, “the father of your husband,” or “Judah.”
Quoted with permission from Reyburn, William D. and Fry, Euan McG. A Handbook on Genesis. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1997. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .