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So Hamorוַ חֲמוֹרand Shechemוּשְׁכֶםhis sonבְּנוֹcameיָּבֹאto the gateאֶל שַׁעַרof their cityעִירָםand spokeוַיְדַבְּרוּto the menאֶל אַנְשֵׁיof their city,עִירָםsaying,לֵאמֹר
Genesis 34:20
Study it in the app“So Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:20, word by word
- So Hamorחֲמוֹרchamor
Hamor
Hamor, the Hivite ruler of the city of Shechem and father of Shechem.
Where else “chamor” appears- and Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to the gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- of their cityעִירָira
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ira” appears- and spokeיְדַבְּרוּyedabru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedabru” appears- to the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears
Places in this verse
Shechem
Today: Tell Balata ruins, near Nablus, West Bank
A city in the hills of central Israel, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem.
Abram came there when he entered Canaan, and God promised him the land (Gen 12:6-7). Joshua gathered all Israel there to renew the covenant (Josh 24:1).
The context
19The young man did not delay to do the thing, for he delighted in the daughter of Jacob; and he was the most honored of all the house of his father.
20 · This verse (above)
21“These men are at peace with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for the land, look, is spacious enough for them. Their daughters we will take for ourselves as wives, and our daughters we will give to them.
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?