Genesis 34:7 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.”
Genesis 34:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 34:722 words
וּבְנֵיûvənêAnd son
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
בָּאוּbāʾûGo
מִןminPart
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
כְּשָׁמְעָםkəšāməʿāmLike hear
וַיִּתְעַצְּבוּwayitəʿaṣəvûAnd carve
הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man
וַיִּחַרwayiḥarAnd glow
לָהֶםlāhemTo
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
נְבָלָהnəvālāhFoolishness
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo
בְיִשְׂרָאֵלvəyiśərāʾēlIn he will rule as God
לִשְׁכַּבlišəkavTo lie down
אֶתʾetNearness
בַּתbatDaughter
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
וְכֵןwəḵēnAnd set upright
לֹאlōʾNot
יֵעָשֶׂהyēʿāśehDo
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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