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Genesis 34:24 — King James Version← Study notes

And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.


Genesis 34:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 34:2417 words
וַיִּשְׁמְעוּwayišəməʿûAnd hear
אֶלʾelNear
חֲמוֹרḥămwōrChamor
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
שְׁכֶםšəḵemShekem
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
כָּלkālWhole
יֹצְאֵיyōṣəʾêGo
שַׁעַרšaʿarOpening
עִירוֹʿîrwōCity
וַיִּמֹּלוּwayimōlûAnd cut
כָּלkālWhole
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
כָּלkālWhole
יֹצְאֵיyōṣəʾêGo
שַׁעַרšaʿarOpening
עִירוֹʿîrwōCity
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּwayišəməʿûAnd hear
אֶלʾelNear
חֲמוֹרḥămwōrChamor
וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near
שְׁכֶםšəḵemShekem
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
כָּלkālWhole
יֹצְאֵיyōṣəʾêGo
שַׁעַרšaʿarOpening
עִירוֹʿîrwōCity
וַיִּמֹּלוּwayimōlûAnd cut
כָּלkālWhole
זָכָרzāḵārRemembered
כָּלkālWhole
יֹצְאֵיyōṣəʾêGo
שַׁעַרšaʿarOpening
עִירוֹʿîrwōCity

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