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Now Dinah,וַ דִינָהthe daughterבַּתof Leah,לֵאָהwhomאֲשֶׁרshe had borneיָלְדָהto Jacob,לְיַעֲקֹבwent outתֵּצֵאto seeלִרְאוֹתthe daughtersבִּבְנוֹתof the land.הָאָרֶץ
Genesis 34:1
Study it in the app“Now Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:1, word by word
- Now Dinahדִינָהdina
Dinah
Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah.
Where else “dina” appears- the daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- of Leahלֵאָהlea
Leah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appears- she had borneיָלְדָהyalda
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalda” appears- to Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- went outתֵּצֵאtetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetse” appears- to seeרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the chief of the land, saw her, and he took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
To study Genesis 34 in a group
1. What it says
What did Simeon and Levi do after what happened to Dinah (vv. 25-26)?
2. What it means
Why was Jacob upset with them, and what did his sons answer (vv. 30-31)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond to an injustice without paying back harm?