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Genesischapter 34

31 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

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The reading

Weekly portion 8 of 54

וַיִּשְׁלַח Vayishlach, Genesis 32:4 to 36:43

Read with it: Obadiah 1:1 to 1:21.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

How it is read

This is the thinnest chapter of the half for quotable classical commentary and one of the fullest for citation. Rashi comments at fourteen places and Malbim at three and Ibn Ezra at three, and the corpus holds no English of any of those twenty under a licence permitting quotation, so the whole of that commentary stands here as citation: Rashi on Genesis 34:1:1, 34:2:1, 34:3:1, 34:7:1, 34:8:1, 34:12:1, 34:13:1, 34:14:1, 34:15:1, 34:16:1, 34:21:1, 34:22:1, 34:23:1 and 34:25:1, Malbim on Genesis 34:4:1, 34:11:1 and 34:24:1, Ibn Ezra on Genesis 34:5:1, 34:17:1 and 34:19:1. Four short comments carry English. Sforno reads Hamor's coming out to Jacob as fear rather than courtesy, "when he noticed that Yaakov's reaction had been silence he began to worry about reprisals" (Sforno on Genesis 34:6:1, translated by Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash, CC-BY). Radak glosses the proposal of intermarriage as the ordinary word for with us, and the offer of the land as an offer to trade in it (Radak on Genesis 34:9:1 and 34:10:1, Munk translation, CC-BY). His note on the twentieth verse is the one that shows the reader a piece of the ancient world: the gate of the city "is where they would hold an assembly of the elders of the town together with the other influential citizens as was the custom pertaining to all matters of common concern", and he points to Deuteronomy for the same practice (Radak on Genesis 34:20:1).

What the rabbis say

The corpus records forty rabbinic locators on this chapter, thirty-seven of them Midrash and three Talmud, every one a locator without text. The rabbis take up the chapter from its first word: Bereshit Rabbah 18:2 and Avot DeRabbi Natan, Recension B 3:8 at Dinah's going out, then 80:6, 80:7, 80:8 and 80:11 through the negotiation and its end, with 19:12 and 97:6 drawn in from elsewhere in the midrash. Midrash Lekach Tov is the densest single work here, cited thirteen times, at Genesis 34:4:1, 34:5:1, 34:8:1, 34:9:1, 34:11:1, 34:16:1, 34:17:1, 34:18:1, 34:20:1, 34:22:1, 34:23:1 and 34:31:1 and at Exodus 8:3:1. Bereshit Rabbati is cited at Parashat Vayishlach 18, 20, 21, 54 and 55 and at Parashat Lech Lecha 35, Midrash Sekhel Tov at Bereshit 34:24:1, 34:28:1 and 34:29:1, Midrash Aggadah at Genesis 34:5:1 and 34:8:1, and Kohelet Rabbah at 1:16:1. Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 47:5 and Sefer HaYashar, Book of Genesis, Vayishlach 6 are each cited once, and the three Talmud locators are Avot DeRabbi Natan, Recension B 3:8, Bava Batra 15b:7 and Avot DeRabbi Natan 37:4.

The text, verse by verse

Each word shows the Hebrew, the English under it, how it sounds and its Strong’s number. A rule between verses marks where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Dinah Defiled at Shechem

34:1
וַתֵּצֵ֤אand she went outvatetze'H3318דִינָה֙DinahdinahH1783בַּת־[the] daughter ofbat-H1323לֵאָ֔הLeahleahH3812אֲשֶׁ֥רwhomʾasherH834יָלְדָ֖הshe had borneyaldahH3205לְיַעֲקֹ֑בto JacobleyaakoH3290לִרְא֖וֹתto looklirotH7200בִּבְנ֥וֹתon [the] daughters ofbivnotH1323הָאָֽרֶץ׃the landhaaretzH776

Ramban on Genesis 34:1

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
The reason [Scripture specifies the daughter of Leah ] is to state that she was the sister of Simeon and Levi, who were envious for her sake and avenged her cause.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Onkelos Genesis 34:1

Targum
Deenah went out, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Yaakov, to see [visit] the local girls.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]

34:2
וַיַּ֨רְאand he sawvaiyar'H7200אֹתָ֜הּ<obj.> herʾotahH853שְׁכֶ֧םShechemshekhemH7927בֶּן־[the] son ofben-H1121חֲמ֛וֹרHamorchamorH2544הַֽחִוִּ֖יthe HivitehachiviH2340נְשִׂ֣יא[the] chief ofnesi'H5387הָאָ֑רֶץthe landhaaretzH776וַיִּקַּ֥חand he tookvaiyikachH3947אֹתָ֛הּ<obj.> herʾotahH853וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בand he lay withvaiyishkavH7901אֹתָ֖הּwith <the> herʾotahH854וַיְעַנֶּֽהָ׃and he humiliated hervayanehaH6031
34:3
וַתִּדְבַּ֣קand it cleavedvatidbakH1692נַפְשׁ֔וֹself hisnafshoH5315בְּדִינָ֖הto DinahbedinahH1783בַּֽת־[the] daughter ofbat-H1323יַעֲקֹ֑בJacobyaakoH3290וַיֶּֽאֱהַב֙and he lovedvaiyeehavH157אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔the girlhanaaraH5291וַיְדַבֵּ֖רand he spokevaydaberH1696עַל־toʾal-H5921לֵ֥ב[the] heart oflevH3820הַֽנַּעֲרָֽ׃the girlhanaaraH5291
34:4
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559שְׁכֶ֔םShechemshekhemH7927אֶל־toʾel-H413חֲמ֥וֹרHamorchamorH2544אָבִ֖יוfather hisʾavivH1לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> sayinglemorH559קַֽח־getkach-H3947לִ֛יfor <the> meliאֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853הַיַּלְדָּ֥הthe girlhaiyaldahH3207הַזֹּ֖את<the> thishazotH2063לְאִשָּֽׁה׃to a wifeleishahH802
34:5
וְיַעֲקֹ֣בand JacobveyaakoH3290שָׁמַ֗עhe heardshama'H8085כִּ֤יthatkiH3588טִמֵּא֙he had defiledtime'H2930אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853דִּינָ֣הDinahdinahH1783בִתּ֔וֹdaughter hisvitoH1323וּבָנָ֛יוand sons hisuvanavH1121הָי֥וּthey werehayuH1961אֶת־withʾet-H854מִקְנֵ֖הוּlivestock hismiknehuH4735בַּשָּׂדֶ֑הin the fieldbasadehH7704וְהֶחֱרִ֥שׁand he kept silentvehecherishH2790יַעֲקֹ֖בJacobyaakoH3290עַד־untilʾad-H5704בֹּאָֽם׃came theyboamH935
34:6
וַיֵּצֵ֛אand he went outvaiyetze'H3318חֲמ֥וֹרHamorchamorH2544אֲבִֽי־[the] father ofʾavi-H1שְׁכֶ֖םShechemshekhemH7927אֶֽל־toʾel-H413יַעֲקֹ֑בJacobyaakoH3290לְדַבֵּ֖רto speakledaberH1696אִתּֽוֹ׃with himʾitoH854
34:7
וּבְנֵ֨יand [the] sons ofuveneiH1121יַעֲקֹ֜בJacobyaakoH3290בָּ֤אוּthey camebauH935מִן־frommin-H4480הַשָּׂדֶה֙the fieldhasadehH7704כְּשָׁמְעָ֔םwhen heard theykeshameamH8085וַיִּֽתְעַצְּבוּ֙and they were indignantvaiyitatzevuH6087הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔יםthe menhaanashimH582וַיִּ֥חַרand it burnedvaiyicharH2734לָהֶ֖םto <the> themlahemמְאֹ֑דexceedinglymeodH3966כִּֽי־forki-H3588נְבָלָ֞הa disgraceful follynevalahH5039עָשָׂ֣הhe had doneʾasahH6213בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לin IsraelveyisraelH3478לִשְׁכַּב֙by lying withlishkavH7901אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853בַּֽת־[the] daughter ofbat-H1323יַעֲקֹ֔בJacobyaakoH3290וְכֵ֖ןand thusvekhenH3651לֹ֥אnotlo'H3808יֵעָשֶֽׂה׃it is doneyeasehH6213

A Marriage Bargained with Circumcision

34:8
וַיְדַבֵּ֥רand he spokevaydaberH1696חֲמ֖וֹרHamorchamorH2544אִתָּ֣םwith themʾitamH854לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> sayinglemorH559שְׁכֶ֣םShechemshekhemH7927בְּנִ֗יson mybeniH1121חָֽשְׁקָ֤הit loveschashekahH2836נַפְשׁוֹ֙self hisnafshoH5315בְּבִתְּכֶ֔ם<in> daughter yourbevitekhemH1323תְּנ֨וּgivetenuH5414נָ֥אpleasena'H4994אֹתָ֛הּ<obj.> herʾotahH853ל֖וֹto <the> himloלְאִשָּֽׁה׃to a wifeleishahH802
34:9
וְהִֽתְחַתְּנ֖וּand intermarry withvehitchatenuH2859אֹתָ֑נוּwith <the> usʾotanuH854בְּנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙daughters yourbenoteikhemH1323תִּתְּנוּ־you will givetitenu-H5414לָ֔נוּto <the> uslanuוְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּdaughters ourbenoteinuH1323תִּקְח֥וּyou will taketikchuH3947לָכֶֽם׃for <the> yourselveslakhem
34:10
וְאִתָּ֖נוּand with usveitanuH854תֵּשֵׁ֑בוּyou will dwellteshevuH3427וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙and the landvehaaretzH776תִּהְיֶ֣הit will betihyehH1961לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם<to> before youlifneikhemH6440שְׁבוּ֙dwellshevuH3427וּסְחָר֔וּהָand go about in itusecharuhaH5503וְהֵֽאָחֲז֖וּand have possessionsveheachazuH270בָּֽהּ׃in <the> itbah

Onkelos Genesis 34:10

Targum
You will [then] live with us and the land will be open to you.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]

34:11
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559שְׁכֶם֙ShechemshekhemH7927אֶל־toʾel-H413אָבִ֣יהfather herʾavihH1וְאֶל־and toveel-H413אַחֶ֔יהָbrothers herʾacheihaH251אֶמְצָא־let me findʾemtza'-H4672חֵ֖ןfavorchenH2580בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑םin view yourbeeineikhemH5869וַאֲשֶׁ֥רand [that] whichvaasherH834תֹּאמְר֛וּyou will saytomeruH559אֵלַ֖יto meʾelaiH413אֶתֵּֽן׃I will giveʾetenH5414
34:12
הַרְבּ֨וּincreaseharbuH7235עָלַ֤יon meʾalaiH5921מְאֹד֙exceedinglymeodH3966מֹ֣הַרa bride pricemoharH4119וּמַתָּ֔ןand a giftumatanH4976וְאֶ֨תְּנָ֔הso let me give [it]veetenahH5414כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust askaasherH834תֹּאמְר֖וּyou will saytomeruH559אֵלָ֑יto meʾelaiH413וּתְנוּ־and giveutenu-H5414לִ֥יto <the> meliאֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖the girlhanaaraH5291לְאִשָּֽׁה׃to a wifeleishahH802

Ramban on Genesis 34:12

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
‘MOHAR’ (DOWRY) ‘UMATAN’ (AND GIFT). Mohar [refers to the bridal gifts given at the time of] the marriage-contract which is given to maidens, as it is written, according to the dowry of virgins, 129 Exodus:16.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

34:13
וַיַּעֲנ֨וּand they answeredvaiyaanuH6030בְנֵֽי־[the] sons ofvenei-H1121יַעֲקֹ֜בJacobyaakoH3290אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853שְׁכֶ֨םShechemshekhemH7927וְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853חֲמ֥וֹרHamorchamorH2544אָבִ֛יוfather hisʾavivH1בְּמִרְמָ֖הwith deceitbemirmahH4820וַיְדַבֵּ֑רוּand they spokevaydaberuH1696אֲשֶׁ֣רthatʾasherH834טִמֵּ֔אhe had defiledtime'H2930אֵ֖ת<obj.>ʾetH853דִּינָ֥הDinahdinahH1783אֲחֹתָֽם׃sister theirʾachotamH269
34:14
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּand they saidvaiyomeruH559אֲלֵיהֶ֗םto themʾaleihemH413לֹ֤אnotlo'H3808נוּכַל֙we are ablenukhalH3201לַעֲשׂוֹת֙to dolaasotH6213הַדָּבָ֣רthe thinghadavarH1697הַזֶּ֔ה<the> thishazehH2088לָתֵת֙to givelatetH5414אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853אֲחֹתֵ֔נוּsister ourʾachotenuH269לְאִ֖ישׁto a manleishH376אֲשֶׁר־whomʾasher-H834ל֣וֹ[belongs] to <the> himloעָרְלָ֑הa foreskinʾarelahH6190כִּֽי־forki-H3588חֶרְפָּ֥ה[is] a reproachcherpahH2781הִ֖ואithi'H1931לָֽנוּ׃to <the> uslanu
34:15
אַךְ־onlyʾakh-H389בְּזֹ֖אתin thisbezotH2063נֵא֣וֹתwe will agreeneotH225לָכֶ֑םto <the> youlakhemאִ֚םifʾimH518תִּהְי֣וּyou will betihyuH1961כָמֹ֔נוּlike uskhamonuH3644לְהִמֹּ֥לby being circumcisedlehimolH4135לָכֶ֖םof youlakhemכָּל־everykol-H3605זָכָֽר׃malezakharH2145
34:16
וְנָתַ֤נּוּand we will givevenatanuH5414אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853בְּנֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙daughters ourbenoteinuH1323לָכֶ֔םto <the> youlakhemוְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853בְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖םdaughters yourbenoteikhemH1323נִֽקַּֽח־we will takenikach-H3947לָ֑נוּfor <the> ourselveslanuוְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּand we will dwellveyashavnuH3427אִתְּכֶ֔םwith youʾitekhemH854וְהָיִ֖ינוּand we will becomevehayinuH1961לְעַ֥ם<into> a peopleleamH5971אֶחָֽד׃oneʾechadH259
34:17
וְאִם־and ifveim-H518לֹ֧אnotlo'H3808תִשְׁמְע֛וּyou will listentishmeuH8085אֵלֵ֖ינוּto usʾeleinuH413לְהִמּ֑וֹלby being circumcisedlehimolH4135וְלָקַ֥חְנוּand we will takevelakachnuH3947אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853בִּתֵּ֖נוּdaughter ourbitenuH1323וְהָלָֽכְנוּ׃and we will govehalakhenuH1980
34:18
וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּand they were goodvaiyitevuH3190דִבְרֵיהֶ֖םwords theirdivreihemH1697בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes ofbeeineiH5869חֲמ֑וֹרHamorchamorH2544וּבְעֵינֵ֖יand in [the] eyes ofuveeineiH5869שְׁכֶ֥םShechemshekhemH7927בֶּן־[the] son ofben-H1121חֲמֽוֹר׃HamorchamorH2544
34:19
וְלֹֽא־and notvelo'-H3808אֵחַ֤רhe delayedʾecharH309הַנַּ֙עַר֙the young manhanaarH5288לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתto dolaasotH6213הַדָּבָ֔רthe thinghadavarH1697כִּ֥יforkiH3588חָפֵ֖ץhe delightedchafetzH2654בְּבַֽת־in [the] daughter ofbevat-H1323יַעֲקֹ֑בJacobyaakoH3290וְה֣וּאand hevehu'H1931נִכְבָּ֔ד[was] honorednikhbadH3513מִכֹּ֖לmore than allmikolH3605בֵּ֥ית[the] household ofbeitH1004אָבִֽיו׃father hisʾavivH1
34:20
וַיָּבֹ֥אand he wentvaiyavo'H935חֲמ֛וֹרHamorchamorH2544וּשְׁכֶ֥םand ShechemushekhemH7927בְּנ֖וֹson hisbenoH1121אֶל־toʾel-H413שַׁ֣עַר[the] gate ofshaarH8179עִירָ֑םcity theirʾiramH5892וַֽיְדַבְּר֛וּand they spokevaydaberuH1696אֶל־toʾel-H413אַנְשֵׁ֥י[the] men ofʾansheiH582עִירָ֖םcity theirʾiramH5892לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> sayinglemorH559
34:21
הָאֲנָשִׁ֨יםthe menhaanashimH582הָאֵ֜לֶּה<the> thesehaelehH428שְֽׁלֵמִ֧ים[are] at peaceshelemimH8003הֵ֣םtheyhemH1992אִתָּ֗נוּwith usʾitanuH854וְיֵשְׁב֤וּand let them dwellveyeshevuH3427בָאָ֙רֶץ֙in the landvaaretzH776וְיִסְחֲר֣וּand let them go about inveyischaruH5503אֹתָ֔הּ<obj.> itʾotahH853וְהָאָ֛רֶץand the landvehaaretzH776הִנֵּ֥הthere!hinehH2009רַֽחֲבַת־[is] broad ofrachavat-H7342יָדַ֖יִםboth handsyadayimH3027לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם<to> before themlifneihemH6440אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853בְּנֹתָם֙daughters theirbenotamH1323נִקַּֽח־we will takenikach-H3947לָ֣נוּfor <the> ourselveslanuלְנָשִׁ֔יםto wiveslenashimH802וְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּdaughters ourbenoteinuH1323נִתֵּ֥ןwe will givenitenH5414לָהֶֽם׃to <the> themlahem
34:22
אַךְ־onlyʾakh-H389בְּ֠זֹאתin thisbezotH2063יֵאֹ֨תוּthey will agreeyeotuH225לָ֤נוּto <the> uslanuהָאֲנָשִׁים֙the menhaanashimH582לָשֶׁ֣בֶתto dwelllashevetH3427אִתָּ֔נוּwith usʾitanuH854לִהְי֖וֹתto becomelihyotH1961לְעַ֣ם<into> a peopleleamH5971אֶחָ֑דoneʾechadH259בְּהִמּ֥וֹלwhen has been circumcisedbehimolH4135לָ֙נוּ֙of uslanuכָּל־everykol-H3605זָכָ֔רmalezakharH2145כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רjust askaasherH834הֵ֥םtheyhemH1992נִמֹּלִֽים׃[are] circumcisednimolimH4135
34:23
מִקְנֵהֶ֤םlivestock theirmiknehemH4735וְקִנְיָנָם֙and possession[s] theirvekinyanamH7075וְכָל־and allvekholH3605בְּהֶמְתָּ֔םanimal[s] theirbehemtamH929הֲל֥וֹא¿ nothalo'H3808לָ֖נוּ[belong] to <the> uslanuהֵ֑ם[will] theyhemH1992אַ֚ךְonlyʾakhH389נֵא֣וֹתָהlet us agreeneotahH225לָהֶ֔םwith <the> themlahemוְיֵשְׁב֖וּand let them dwellveyeshevuH3427אִתָּֽנוּ׃with usʾitanuH854
34:24
וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּand they listenedvaiyishmeuH8085אֶל־toʾel-H413חֲמוֹר֙HamorchamorH2544וְאֶל־and toveel-H413שְׁכֶ֣םShechemshekhemH7927בְּנ֔וֹson hisbenoH1121כָּל־allkol-H3605יֹצְאֵ֖י[those who] went out ofyotzeeiH3318שַׁ֣עַר[the] gate ofshaarH8179עִיר֑וֹcity hisiroH5892וַיִּמֹּ֙לוּ֙and they were circumcisedvaiyimoluH4135כָּל־everykol-H3605זָכָ֔רmalezakharH2145כָּל־allkol-H3605יֹצְאֵ֖י[those who] went out ofyotzeeiH3318שַׁ֥עַר[the] gate ofshaarH8179עִירֽוֹ׃city hisiroH5892

Simeon and Levi Take the Sword

34:25
וַיְהִי֩and it wasvayhiH1961בַיּ֨וֹםon the dayvaiyomH3117הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י<the> thirdhashelishiH7992בִּֽהְיוֹתָ֣םwhen were theybihyotamH1961כֹּֽאֲבִ֗יםin painkoavimH3510וַיִּקְח֣וּand they tookvaiyikchuH3947שְׁנֵֽי־two ofshenei-H8147בְנֵי־[the] sons ofvenei-H1121יַ֠עֲקֹבJacobyaakoH3290שִׁמְע֨וֹןSimeonshimonH8095וְלֵוִ֜יand LeviveleviH3878אֲחֵ֤י[the] brothers ofʾacheiH251דִינָה֙DinahdinahH1783אִ֣ישׁeachʾishH376חַרְבּ֔וֹsword hischarboH2719וַיָּבֹ֥אוּand they wentvaiyavouH935עַל־onʾal-H5921הָעִ֖ירthe cityhairH5892בֶּ֑טַחsecuritybetachH983וַיַּֽהַרְג֖וּand they killedvaiyaharguH2026כָּל־everykol-H3605זָכָֽר׃malezakharH2145
34:26
וְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853חֲמוֹר֙HamorchamorH2544וְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853שְׁכֶ֣םShechemshekhemH7927בְּנ֔וֹson hisbenoH1121הָרְג֖וּthey slewhareguH2026לְפִי־to [the] mouth oflefi-H6310חָ֑רֶב[the] swordcharevH2719וַיִּקְח֧וּand they tookvaiyikchuH3947אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853דִּינָ֛הDinahdinahH1783מִבֵּ֥יתfrom [the] house ofmibeitH1004שְׁכֶ֖םShechemshekhemH7927וַיֵּצֵֽאוּ׃and they went outvaiyetzeuH3318
34:27
בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons ofbeneiH1121יַעֲקֹ֗בJacobyaakoH3290בָּ֚אוּthey camebauH935עַל־onʾal-H5921הַ֣חֲלָלִ֔יםthe [ones] slainhachalalimH2491וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּand they plunderedvaiyavozuH962הָעִ֑ירthe cityhairH5892אֲשֶׁ֥רthatʾasherH834טִמְּא֖וּpeople had defiledtimeuH2930אֲחוֹתָֽם׃sister theirʾachotamH269
34:28
אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853צֹאנָ֥םflock[s] theirtzonamH6629וְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853בְּקָרָ֖םherd[s] theirbekaramH1241וְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853חֲמֹרֵיהֶּ֑םdonkeys theirchamoreihemH2543וְאֵ֧תand <obj.>veetH853אֲשֶׁר־[that] whichʾasher-H834בָּעִ֛יר[was] in the citybairH5892וְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853אֲשֶׁ֥ר[that] whichʾasherH834בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה[was] in the fieldbasadehH7704לָקָֽחוּ׃they tooklakachuH3947
34:29
וְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853כָּל־allkol-H3605חֵילָ֤םwealth theircheilamH2428וְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853כָּל־allkol-H3605טַפָּם֙little one[s] theirtapamH2945וְאֶת־and <obj.>veetH853נְשֵׁיהֶ֔םwives theirnesheihemH802שָׁב֖וּthey took captiveshavuH7617וַיָּבֹ֑זּוּand they plunderedvaiyavozuH962וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>veetH853כָּל־allkol-H3605אֲשֶׁ֥רthatʾasherH834בַּבָּֽיִת׃[was] in the housebabayitH1004
34:30
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he saidvaiyomerH559יַעֲקֹ֜בJacobyaakoH3290אֶל־toʾel-H413שִׁמְע֣וֹןSimeonshimonH8095וְאֶל־and toveel-H413לֵוִי֮LevileviH3878עֲכַרְתֶּ֣םyou have troubledʾakhartemH5916אֹתִי֒<obj.> meʾotiH853לְהַבְאִישֵׁ֙נִי֙by making odious melehavisheniH887בְּיֹשֵׁ֣בamong [the] inhabitant[s] ofbeyoshevH3427הָאָ֔רֶץthe landhaaretzH776בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יamong the Canaanite[s]bakenaaniH3669וּבַפְּרִזִּ֑יand among the Perizzite[s]uvapperiziH6522וַאֲנִי֙and IvaaniH589מְתֵ֣י[am] men ofmeteiH4962מִסְפָּ֔רnumbermisparH4557וְנֶאֶסְפ֤וּand they will gatherveneesfuH622עָלַי֙on meʾalaiH5921וְהִכּ֔וּנִיand they will attack mevehikuniH5221וְנִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖יand I will be destroyedvenishmadtiH8045אֲנִ֥יIʾaniH589וּבֵיתִֽי׃and household myuveitiH1004
34:31
וַיֹּאמְר֑וּand they saidvaiyomeruH559הַכְזוֹנָ֕ה¿ like a prostitutehakhzonahH2181יַעֲשֶׂ֖הwill he useyaasehH6213אֶת־<obj.>ʾet-H853אֲחוֹתֵֽנוּ׃sister ourʾachotenuH269

Hebrew words in this chapter

The 40 most used Hebrew words of the chapter, counted by lemma. The article, the object marker, the negatives and the common prepositions are left out.

WordSense hereUsesStrong’s
בַּתbathdaughter14H1323
יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôbJacob12H3290
שְׁכֶםShᵉkemShechem11H7927
בֵּןbênson11H1121
חֲמוֹרChămôwrHamor10H2544
אָמַרʼâmarto say10H559
לָקַחlâqachto take9H3947
נָתַןnâthanto give8H5414
יָשַׁבyâshabto dwell7H3427
עִירʻîyrcity their7H5892
דִּינָהDîynâhDinah6H1783
אֶרֶץʼeretsland6H776
יָצָאyâtsâʼto come out5H3318
דָבַרdâbarto speak5H1696
אָבʼâbfather5H1
אִשָּׁהʼishshâhto a wife5H802
בּוֹאbôwʼcame they5H935
עָשָׂהʻâsâhhe had done5H6213
מוּלmûwlby being circumcised5H4135
שָׁמַעshâmaʻhe heard4H8085
WordSense hereUsesStrong’s
אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwshthe men4H582
אָחוֹתʼâchôwthsister4H269
זָכָרzâkârmale4H2145
בַּיִתbayithhousehold of4H1004
נַעֲרָהnaʻărâhthe girl3H5291
טָמֵאṭâmêʼhe had defiled3H2930
שָׂדֶהsâdehin the field3H7704
עַיִןʻayinin view your3H5869
דָּבָרdâbârword3H1697
אוּתʼûwthwe will agree3H225
שַׁעַרshaʻargate3H8179
רָאָהrâʼâhto look2H7200
שָׁכַבshâkablay down2H7901
נֶפֶשׁnepheshself his2H5315
מִקְנֶהmiqnehlivestock2H4735
מְאֹדmᵉʼôdexceedingly2H3966
סָחַרçâcharand go about in it2H5503
אָחʼâchbrother2H251
אִישׁʼîyshman2H376
עַםʻampeople2H5971

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Sources for this chapter

The Hebrew text

STEP Bible, the tagged Hebrew text and its English glosses and James Strong, Strong's Exhaustive Concordance.

In Jewish life

Sforno, Sforno on Genesis 34:6:1, translated by Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash, CC-BY; Radak, Radak on Genesis 34:9:1, 34:10:1 and 34:20:1, translated by Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash, CC-BY; Rashi, Rashi on Genesis 34:1:1, 34:2:1, 34:3:1, 34:7:1, 34:8:1, 34:12:1, 34:13:1, 34:14:1, 34:15:1, 34:16:1, 34:21:1, 34:22:1, 34:23:1 and 34:25:1, cited only, no English version in the corpus under a licence permitting quotation; Malbim, Malbim on Genesis 34:4:1, 34:11:1 and 34:24:1, cited only; Ibn Ezra, Ibn Ezra on Genesis 34:5:1, 34:17:1 and 34:19:1, cited only; Midrash, Bereshit Rabbah 18:2, 19:12, 80:6, 80:7, 80:8, 80:11 and 97:6; Midrash Lekach Tov, Genesis 34:4:1, 34:5:1, 34:8:1, 34:9:1, 34:11:1, 34:16:1, 34:17:1, 34:18:1, 34:20:1, 34:22:1, 34:23:1 and 34:31:1 and Exodus 8:3:1; Bereshit Rabbati, Parashat Vayishlach 18, 20, 21, 54 and 55 and Parashat Lech Lecha 35; Midrash Sekhel Tov, Bereshit 34:24:1, 34:28:1 and 34:29:1; Midrash Aggadah, Genesis 34:5:1 and 34:8:1; Kohelet Rabbah 1:16:1; Aggadat Bereshit 79:4 and 83:1; Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 47:5; Sefer HaYashar (midrash), Book of Genesis, Vayishlach 6; Ein Yaakov, Nazir 4:2; Babylonian Talmud, Bava Batra 15b:7 and Avot DeRabbi Natan, Avot DeRabbi Natan 37:4; Avot DeRabbi Natan, Recension B 3:8.

The rabbinic texts

Ramban, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976; Targum, Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation] and Sefaria, texts and citation data.

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