Genesis 34:30 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.”

Genesis 34:30 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 34:3022 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

אֶלʾelNear

שִׁמְעוֹןšiməʿwōnShimon

וְאֶלwəʾelAnd near

לֵוִיlēwîLevi

עֲכַרְתֶּםʿăḵarətemRoil water

אֹתִיʾōtî—

לְהַבְאִישֵׁנִיləhavəʾîšēnîTo smell

בְּיֹשֵׁבbəyōšēvIn sit

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

בַּכְּנַעֲנִיbakənaʿănîIn Kenaanite

וּבַפְּרִזִּיûvapərizîAnd in Perizzite

וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I

מְתֵיmətêAdult

מִסְפָּרmisəpārNumber

וְנֶאֶסְפוּwəneʾesəp̄ûAnd gather

עָלַיʿālayAbove

וְהִכּוּנִיwəhikûnîAnd strike

וְנִשְׁמַדְתִּיwənišəmadətîAnd desolate

אֲנִיʾănîI

וּבֵיתִיûvêtîAnd a house

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

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