“And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:”
Genesis 34:14 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 34:1418 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲלֵי/הֶ֗םʾălēyhem
to thempronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
לֹ֤אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נוּכַל֙nwkal
we are ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לַ/עֲשׂוֹת֙laʿăśwōt
to dopronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
הַ/דָּבָ֣רhadābār
the thingparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/זֶּ֔הhazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
לָ/תֵת֙lātēt
to givepronH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲחֹתֵ֔/נוּʾăḥōtēnw
sister ournounH269
sister · together
לְ/אִ֖ישׁləʾiyš
to a manpronH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whomparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
ל֣/וֹlwō
pron
עָרְלָ֑הʿārəlāh
a foreskinnounH6190
uncircumcised
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
חֶרְפָּ֥הḥerəpāh
is a reproachnounH2781
reproach · shame
הִ֖ואhiwʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
לָֽ/נוּlānw
pron
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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