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Jacobיַעֲקֹבtoreוַיִּקְרַעhis garments,שִׂמְלֹתָיוputוַיָּשֶׂםsackclothשַׂקon his loins,בְּמָתְנָיוand mournedוַיִּתְאַבֵּלfor his sonעַל בְּנוֹmanyרַבִּיםdays.יָמִים
Genesis 37:34
Study it in the app“Jacob tore his garments, put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 37:34, 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- toreיִּקְרַעyikra
tear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “yikra” appears- his garmentsשִׂמְלֹתָיsimlotay
cloak
Cloak: the outer garment, which also served as a covering for sleeping.
Where else “simlotay” appears- putיָּשֶׂםyasem
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appears- sackclothשַׂקsak
sackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appears- on his loinsמָתְנָיmatnay
waist, loins
Waist, loins.
Where else “matnay” appears- and mournedיִּתְאַבֵּלyitabel
mourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “yitabel” appears- for his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- manyרַבִּיםrabim
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears
Translation note
Sackcloth, a coarse fabric, was worn on the body as a sign of mourning.
The context
33He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A fierce animal has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
34 · This verse (above)
35All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, “Indeed, I will go down to my son mourning, to Sheol.” Thus his father wept for him.
To study Genesis 37 in a group
1. What it says
What did the brothers do to Joseph, and what did they tell Jacob (vv. 23-33)?
2. What it means
What reasons did the brothers have for hating Joseph (vv. 3-4, 8)?
3. How I live it
How do you handle envy when someone receives more attention than you?