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Jacobוְיַעֲקֹבheardשָׁמַעthatכִּיhe had madeטִמֵּאDinahאֶת דִּינָהhis daughterבִתּוֹunclean;טִמֵּאbut his sonsוּבָנָיוwereהָיוּwith his livestockאֶת מִקְנֵהוּin the field,בַּשָּׂדֶהso Jacobוְ יַעֲקֹבkept silentהֶחֱרִשׁuntilעַדthey came.בֹּאָם
Genesis 34:5
Study it in the app“Jacob 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:5, word by word
- 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- heardשָׁמַעshama
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appears- he had madeטִמֵּאtime
defile
To make someone or something unclean.
Where else “time” appears- Dinahדִּינָהdina
Dinah
Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah.
Where else “dina” appears- his daughterבִתּvit
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vit” appears- but his sonsבָנָיvanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanay” appears- wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- with his livestockמִקְנֵmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- kept silentהֶחֱרִשׁhecherish
be silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “hecherish” appears- they cameבֹּאָboa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “boa” appears
The context
4Shechem said to Hamor his father, saying, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
5 · This verse (above)
6Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
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?