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Shechemשְׁכֶםsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Hamorאֶל חֲמוֹרhis father,אָבִיוsaying,לֵאמֹר“Getקַחmeלִיthisהַזֹּאתgirlאֶת הַיַּלְדָּהas a wife.”לְאִשָּׁה
Genesis 34:4
Study it in the app“Shechem said to Hamor his father, saying, “Get me this girl as a wife.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:4, word by word
- Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to Hamorחֲמוֹרchamor
Hamor
Hamor, the Hivite ruler of the city of Shechem and father of Shechem.
Where else “chamor” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- “Getקַחkach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “kach” appears- girlיַּלְדָּהyalda
girl
Girl, young woman.
Where else “yalda” appears- as a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” 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
3But his soul clung to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke to the heart of the young woman.
4 · This verse (above)
5Jacob heard that he had made Dinah his daughter unclean; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came.
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?