As she was being brought out, she sent this message to her father-in-law: “It’s by the man to whom these belong that I’m pregnant.” And she added, “Examine these: whose seal and cord and staff are these?”
English: “And she said: Recognize, please” — R’ Chama son of R’ Chanina said: with “recognize” he had announced to his father “recognize, please, whether this is your son’s coat”; with “recognize” she announced to him “recognize, please, whose are the seal and the cords.”
On the daf / in context: Measure-for-measure: Yehudah’s words to Yaakov return upon him through Tamar’s words.
Type of Learning
R’ Yishmael-style midah — measure for measure (as in Sotah): the same verb of recognition is turned back on the speaker.
What Is Learned
The language Yehudah used to deceive his father is the language by which Tamar forces him to face the truth.