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Genesis 34:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.


Genesis 34:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 34:1613 words
וְנָתַנּוּwənātanûAnd give
אֶתʾet
בְּנֹתֵינוּbənōtênûDaughter
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
וְאֶתwəʾet
בְּנֹתֵיכֶםbənōtêḵemDaughter
נִקַּחniqaḥTake
לָנוּlānûTo
וְיָשַׁבְנוּwəyāšavənûAnd sit
אִתְּכֶםʾitəḵemNearness
וְהָיִינוּwəhāyînûAnd exist
לְעַםləʿamTo people
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְנָתַנּוּwənātanûAnd give
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּנֹתֵינוּbənōtênûDaughter
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּנֹתֵיכֶםbənōtêḵemDaughter
נִקַּחniqaḥTake
לָנוּlānûTo
וְיָשַׁבְנוּwəyāšavənûAnd sit
אִתְּכֶםʾitəḵemNearness
וְהָיִינוּwəhāyînûAnd exist
לְעַםləʿamTo people
אֶחָדʾeḥādUnited

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