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The sonsבְּנֵיof Jacobיַעֲקֹבcameבָּאוּupon the slainעַל הַחֲלָלִיםand plunderedוַיָּבֹזּוּthe city,הָעִירbecauseאֲשֶׁרthey had madeטִמְּאוּtheir sisterאֲחוֹתָםunclean.טִמְּאוּ
Genesis 34:27
Study it in the app“The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had made their sister unclean.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:27, word by word
- The sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
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” appears- cameבָּאוּbau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appears- upon the slainחֲלָלִיםchalalim
slain
Someone killed or wounded in war.
Where else “chalalim” appears- and plunderedיָּבֹזּוּyavozu
plunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “yavozu” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- they had madeטִמְּאוּtimu
defile
To make someone or something unclean.
Where else “timu” appears- their sisterאֲחוֹתָachota
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achota” appears
The context
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.
27 · This verse (above)
28Their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, what was in the city and what was in the field, they took.
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?