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Genesis 34:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.


Genesis 34:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 34:814 words
וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange
חֲמוֹרḥămwōrChamor
אִתָּםʾitāmNearness
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
שְׁכֶםšəḵemShekem
בְּנִיbənîSon
חָשְׁקָהḥāšəqāhCling
נַפְשׁוֹnap̄əšwōBreathing creature
בְּבִתְּכֶםbəvitəḵemIn daughter
תְּנוּtənûGive
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
אֹתָהּʾōtāh
לוֹlwōTo
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange
חֲמוֹרḥămwōrChamor
אִתָּםʾitāmNearness
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
שְׁכֶםšəḵemShekem
בְּנִיbənîSon
חָשְׁקָהḥāšəqāhCling
נַפְשׁוֹnap̄əšwōBreathing creature
בְּבִתְּכֶםbəvitəḵemIn daughter
תְּנוּtənûGive
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)
לוֹlwōTo
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman

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