Genesis 34:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.”

Genesis 34:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 34:213 words

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

שְׁכֶםšəḵemShekem

בֶּןbenSon

חֲמוֹרḥămwōrChamor

הַחִוִּיhaḥiûyThe Chivvite

נְשִׂיאnəśîʾExalted

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

וַיִּשְׁכַּבwayišəkavAnd lie down

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

וַיְעַנֶּהָwayəʿanehāAnd depress

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁכֶםšəḵemShekem

בֶּןbenSon

חֲמוֹרḥămwōrChamor

הַחִוִּיhaḥiûyThe Chivvite

נְשִׂיאnəśîʾExalted

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

וַיִּשְׁכַּבwayišəkavAnd lie down

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

וַיְעַנֶּהָwayəʿanehāAnd depress

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