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Onlyאַךְon this conditionבְּזֹאתwill we consentנֵאוֹתto you:לָכֶםifאִםyou becomeתִּהְיוּlike us,כָמֹנוּby circumcisingלְהִמֹּלeveryכָּלmaleזָכָרamong you.לָכֶם
Genesis 34:15
Study it in the app“Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you become like us, by circumcising every male among you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:15, word by word
- will we consentנֵאוֹתneot
consent
Consent, agree to something. The word is rare (Genesis 34; 2 Kings 12:8).
Where else “neot” appears- you becomeתִּהְיוּtihyu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tihyu” appears- by circumcisingהִמֹּלhimol
circumcise
To circumcise, also the heart.
Where else “himol” appears- maleזָכָרzachar
male
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appears
The context
14They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.
15 · This verse (above)
16Then we will give our daughters to you, and your daughters we will take for ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people.
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?