Genesis 34:4 KJV

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

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Matthew Henry

  • Dinah defiled by ShechemYoung persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of...

Cross References

  • Judges 14:2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
  • Genesis 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
  • 2 Samuel 13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

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Topics

  • Dinah Ravishment of Dinah
  • Falsehood Jacob’s sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by first having them circumcised
  • Jacob His daughter, Dinah, is raped
  • Levi Avenges the seduction of Dinah
  • Shechem 3. Son of Hamor; seduces Jacob’s daughter; killed by Jacob’s sons

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • ShechemShoulder. (1.) The son of Hamor the Hivite (Gen 33:19; Gen 34:1–31).
  • HamorHe-ass, a Hivite from whom Jacob purchased the plot of ground in which Joseph was afterwards buried (Gen 33:19). He is called “Emmor” in...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And Shechem שְׁכֶם šĕkem שְׁכֶם Proper name
  • spake וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • unto his father אֶל ʾel Preposition אָבִיו ʾābîw אָב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • Hamor חֲמוֹר ḥămôr חֲמוֹר Proper name
  • saying לֵאמֹר lēʾmōr אָמַר Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
  • Get קַח qaḥ לָקַח Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine singular
  • me this damsel לִי lî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular אֶת ʾet Object marker הַיַּלְדָּה hayyaldâ יַלְדָּה Noun · feminine singular · with the הַזֹּאת hazzōʾt Pronoun · with the
  • to wife לְאִשָּׁה lĕʾiššâ אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition

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