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Hamorחֲמוֹרthe fatherאֲבִיof Shechemשְׁכֶםwent outוַיֵּצֵאto Jacobאֶל יַעֲקֹבto speakלְדַבֵּרwith him.אִתּוֹ
Genesis 34:6
Study it in the app“Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:6, word by word
- Hamorחֲמוֹרchamor
Hamor
Hamor, the Hivite ruler of the city of Shechem and father of Shechem.
Where else “chamor” appears- the fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- of Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- to 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- to speakדַבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” 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
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.
6 · This verse (above)
7The sons of Jacob came from the field when they heard it, and the men were grieved and very angry, because he had done an outrage in Israel by lying with the daughter of Jacob, and such a thing is not done.
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?