Study it in the app“It happened on the third day, while they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, brothers of Dinah, took each his sword and came upon the city, which was unsuspecting, and killed every male.”
It happenedוַיְהִיon the third day,בַיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁיwhileבִּtheyהְיוֹתָםwere in pain,כֹּאֲבִיםthat twoוַ שְׁנֵיof the sonsבְנֵיof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבSimeonשִׁמְעוֹןand Levi,וְלֵוִיbrothersאֲחֵיof Dinah,דִינָהtookיִּקְחוּeachאִישׁhis swordחַרְבּוֹand cameוַיָּבֹאוּupon the city,עַל הָעִירwhich was unsuspecting,בֶּטַחand killedוַיַּהַרְגוּeveryכָּלmale.זָכָר
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsthird
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishi” appearsbe in pain
To hurt in body or heart.
Where else “koavim” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appearsJacob
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” appearsSimeon
Simeon, the second son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "he heard".
Where else “shimon” appearsLevi
Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".
Where else “levi” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appearsDinah
Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah.
Where else “dina” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikchu” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charb” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearssecurity, safely
Security, confidence; living "securely", without fear. Sometimes unsuspecting.
Where else “betach” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “yahargu” appearsmale
A person of the male sex, man or boy.
Where else “zachar” appearsThe narrative tells of the vengeance of Simeon and Levi without approving it. Jacob rebukes it here (34:30) and condemns it before he dies (49:5-7).
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.
25 · This verse (above)
26Hamor and Shechem his son they killed with the edge of the sword, and they took Dinah from the house of Shechem and went out.
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?
