Genesis 34:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.”

Genesis 34:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 34:2123 words

הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

שְׁלֵמִיםšəlēmîmComplete

הֵםhēmThey

אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness

וְיֵשְׁבוּwəyēšəvûAnd sit

בָאָרֶץvāʾāreṣIn earth

וְיִסְחֲרוּwəyisəḥărûAnd travel round

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

וְהָאָרֶץwəhāʾāreṣAnd the earth

הִנֵּהhinēhLo!

רַחֲבַתraḥăvatRoomy

יָדַיִםyādayimHand

לִפְנֵיהֶםlip̄ənêhemTo face

אֶתʾet—

בְּנֹתָםbənōtāmDaughter

נִקַּחniqaḥTake

לָנוּlānûTo

לְנָשִׁיםlənāšîmTo woman

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בְּנֹתֵינוּbənōtênûDaughter

נִתֵּןnitēnGive

לָהֶםlāhemTo

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

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