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Hamorוְאֶת חֲמוֹרand Shechemוְאֶת שְׁכֶםhis sonבְּנוֹthey killedהָרְגוּwith the edgeלְפִיof the sword,חָרֶבand they tookוַיִּקְחוּDinahאֶת דִּינָהfrom the houseמִבֵּיתof Shechemשְׁכֶםand went out.וַיֵּצֵאוּ
Genesis 34:26
Study it in the app“Hamor and Shechem his son they killed with the edge of the sword, and they took Dinah from the house of Shechem and went out.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:26, word by word
- 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- they killedהָרְגוּhargu
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “hargu” appears- with the edgeפִיfi
edge
Literally "the mouth of the sword": the part that cuts.
Where else “fi” appears- of the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears- and they tookיִּקְחוּyikchu
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikchu” appears- Dinahדִּינָהdina
Dinah
Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah.
Where else “dina” appears- from the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- and went outיֵּצֵאוּyetseu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetseu” 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
25It 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.
26 · This verse (above)
27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had made 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?