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But they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Should he treatיַעֲשֶׂהour sisterאֶת אֲחוֹתֵנוּlike a prostitute?”הַכְזוֹנָה
Genesis 34:31
Study it in the app“But they said, “Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:31, word by word
- But they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “Should he treatיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- our sisterאֲחוֹתֵachote
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achote” appears- like a prostituteזוֹנָהzona
prostitute oneself
To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.
Where else “zona” appears
The context
30Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And I have few men; if they gather against me and strike me, I will be destroyed, I and my house.”
31 · This verse (above)
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?