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Their livestock,מִקְנֵהֶםtheir property,וְקִנְיָנָםand allוְכָלtheir animals,בְּהֶמְתָּםwill they notהֲלוֹאbe ours?לָנוּ הֵםOnlyאַךְlet us consentנֵאוֹתָהto them,לָהֶםand they will dwellוְיֵשְׁבוּwith us.”אִתָּנוּ
Genesis 34:23
Study it in the app“Their livestock, their property, and all their animals, will they not be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:23, word by word
- Their livestockמִקְנֵmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- their propertyקִנְיָנָkinyana
possessions
What has been acquired: goods, possessions, property.
Where else “kinyana” appears- their animalsבְּהֶמְתָּbehemta
livestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behemta” appears- let us consentנֵאוֹתָהneota
consent
Consent, agree to something. The word is rare (Genesis 34; 2 Kings 12:8).
Where else “neota” appears- and they will dwellיֵשְׁבוּyeshvu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appears
The context
22Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to become one people: when every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.
23 · This verse (above)
24All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to Shechem his son, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
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?