GENESIS 34:4

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.”

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Genesis 34:4 Translation & Meaning

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And Shechem שְׁכֶ֔ם Shekem, the name of a Hivite and two Israelites Shechem
spake וַיֹּ֣אמֶר To say (used with great latitude) spake
unto אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
his father אָבִ֖יו Father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application father
Hamor, חֲמ֥וֹר Chamor, a Canaanite Hamor
saying, לֵאמֹ֑ר To say (used with great latitude) saying
Get קַֽח To take (in the widest variety of applications) Get
me אֶת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) me
this הַזֹּ֖את This (often used adverb) this
damsel הַיַּלְדָּ֥ה A lass damsel
to wife. לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ A woman wife

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  • 2  And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

  • 3  And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

  • 4  And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

  • 5  And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

  • 6  And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.




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