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Genesis 34:23 — King James Version← Study notes

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.


Genesis 34:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 34:2312 words
מִקְנֵהֶםmiqənēhemBought
וְקִנְיָנָםwəqinəyānāmAnd creation
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
בְּהֶמְתָּםbəhemətāmDumb
הֲלוֹאhălwōʾNot
לָנוּlānûTo
הֵםhēmThey
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
נֵאוֹתָהnēʾwōtāhCome
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וְיֵשְׁבוּwəyēšəvûAnd sit
אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

מִקְנֵהֶםmiqənēhemBought
וְקִנְיָנָםwəqinəyānāmAnd creation
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
בְּהֶמְתָּםbəhemətāmDumb
הֲלוֹאhălwōʾNot
לָנוּlānûTo
הֵםhēmThey
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
נֵאוֹתָהnēʾwōtāhCome
לָהֶםlāhemTo
וְיֵשְׁבוּwəyēšəvûAnd sit
אִתָּנוּʾitānûNearness

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