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Intermarryוְהִתְחַתְּנוּwith us;אֹתָנוּgiveתִּתְּנוּyour daughtersבְּנֹתֵיכֶםto us,לָנוּand takeוְ תִּקְחוּour daughtersאֶת בְּנֹתֵינוּfor yourselves.לָכֶם
Genesis 34:9
Study it in the app“Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:9, word by word
- Intermarryהִתְחַתְּנוּhitchatnu
intermarry
To become another's family by means of a marriage.
Where else “hitchatnu” appears- giveתִּתְּנוּtitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titnu” appears- your daughtersבְּנֹתֵיbenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benote” appears- and takeתִּקְחוּtikchu
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “tikchu” appears
The context
8Hamor spoke with them, saying, “Shechem, my son, his soul longs for your daughter; please give her to him as a wife.
9 · This verse (above)
10You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you; dwell in it, trade in it, and acquire property in it.”
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?