Genesis 34:8 KJV

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

Thou and Ye

  • your, you more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

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

  • 1 Kings 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

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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

  • 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...
  • ShechemShoulder. (1.) The son of Hamor the Hivite (Gen 33:19; Gen 34:1–31).

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And Hamor חֲמוֹר ḥămôr חֲמוֹר Proper name
  • communed וַיְדַבֵּר waydabbēr דָבַר Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • with them, saying אִתָּם ʾittām Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine plural לֵאמֹר lēʾmōr אָמַר Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
  • The soul נַפְשׁוֹ napšô נֶפֶשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • of my son בְּנִי bĕnî בֵּן Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
  • Shechem שְׁכֶם šĕkem שְׁכֶם Proper name
  • longeth חָשְׁקָה ḥāšĕqâ חָשַׁק Verb · qal perfect, third person feminine singular
  • for your daughter בְּבִתְּכֶם bĕbittĕkem בַּת Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine plural
  • I pray you give תְּנוּ tĕnû נָתַן Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine plural
  • her him to wife נָא nāʾ Exhortation אֹתָהּ ʾōtāh Object marker · with suffix: third person feminine singular לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular לְאִשָּׁה lĕʾiššâ אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition

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