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Increaseהַרְבּוּvery muchמְאֹדthe bride-priceמֹהַרand the giftוּמַתָּןyou require of me,עָלַיand I will giveוְאֶתְּנָהjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרyou sayתֹּאמְרוּto me;אֵלָיonly giveוּתְנוּmeלִיthe young womanאֶת הַנַּעֲרָas a wife.”לְאִשָּׁה
Genesis 34:12
Study it in the app“Increase very much the bride-price and the gift you require of me, and I will give just as you say to me; only give me the young woman as a wife.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:12, word by word
- Increaseהַרְבּוּharbu
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “harbu” appears- very muchמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- the bride-priceמֹהַרmohar
bride-price
Bride-price: the payment the bridegroom gave to the bride's family.
Where else “mohar” appears- and the giftמַתָּןmatan
gift
Gift.
Where else “matan” appears- and I will giveאֶתְּנָהetna
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etna” appears- you sayתֹּאמְרוּtomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomru” appears- the young womanנַּעֲרָnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears- as a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears
Translation note
The bride-price (mohar) was the payment of the groom to the bride’s father (Exodus 22:16-17; 1 Samuel 18:25).
The context
11Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give.
12 · This verse (above)
13The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit and spoke, because he had made Dinah their sister unclean.
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?