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Genesis 34:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:”

Genesis 34:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 34:1315 words
וַיַּעֲנוּwayaʿănûAnd eye
בְנֵיvənêSon
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אֶתʾet—
שְׁכֶםšəḵemShekem
וְאֶתwəʾet—
חֲמוֹרḥămwōrChamor
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
בְּמִרְמָהbəmirəmāhIn fraud
וַיְדַבֵּרוּwayədabērûAnd arrange
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
טִמֵּאṭimēʾBe foul
אֵתʾēt—
דִּינָהdînāhDinah
אֲחֹתָםʾăḥōtāmSister
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעֲנוּwayaʿănûAnd eye
בְנֵיvənêSon
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שְׁכֶםšəḵemShekem
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
חֲמוֹרḥămwōrChamor
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
בְּמִרְמָהbəmirəmāhIn fraud
וַיְדַבֵּרוּwayədabērûAnd arrange
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
טִמֵּאṭimēʾBe foul
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
דִּינָהdînāhDinah
אֲחֹתָםʾăḥōtāmSister

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