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Hamorחֲמוֹרspokeוַיְדַבֵּרwith them,אִתָּםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Shechem,שְׁכֶםmy son,בְּנִיhis soulנַפְשׁוֹlongsחָשְׁקָהfor your daughter;בְּבִתְּכֶםpleaseנָאgiveתְּנוּherאֹתָהּto himלוֹas a wife.לְאִשָּׁה
Genesis 34:8
Study it in the app“Hamor spoke with them, saying, “Shechem, my son, his soul longs for your daughter; please give her to him as a wife.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:8, word by word
- Hamorחֲמוֹרchamor
Hamor
Hamor, the Hivite ruler of the city of Shechem and father of Shechem.
Where else “chamor” appears- spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- longsחָשְׁקָהchashka
be attached
To be drawn and let the heart bind itself to someone or something.
Where else “chashka” appears- for your daughterבִתְּvit
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vit” appears- giveתְּנוּtenu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tenu” 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
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
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?