Verse 16

{ "verseID": "Genesis.34.16", "source": "וְנָתַ֤נּוּ אֶת־בְּנֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ לָכֶ֔ם וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖ם נִֽקַּֽח־לָ֑נוּ וְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּ אִתְּכֶ֔ם וְהָיִ֖ינוּ לְעַ֥ם אֶחָֽד׃", "text": "*wǝnātannû* *ʾet*-*bǝnōtênû* *lākem* *wǝʾet*-*bǝnōtêkem* *niqqaḥ*-*lānû* *wǝyāšabnû* *ʾittǝkem* *wǝhāyînû* *lǝʿam* *ʾeḥād*", "grammar": { "*wǝnātannû*": "waw-conjunction + qal perfect, 1st person plural - and we will give", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*bǝnōtênû*": "noun, feminine plural construct + 1st person plural suffix - our daughters", "*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you", "*wǝʾet*": "waw-conjunction + direct object marker", "*bǝnōtêkem*": "noun, feminine plural construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your daughters", "*niqqaḥ*": "qal imperfect, 1st person plural - we will take", "*lānû*": "preposition + 1st person plural suffix - for us", "*wǝyāšabnû*": "waw-conjunction + qal perfect, 1st person plural - and we will dwell", "*ʾittǝkem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - with you", "*wǝhāyînû*": "waw-conjunction + qal perfect, 1st person plural - and we will become", "*lǝʿam*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - for a people", "*ʾeḥād*": "adjective, masculine singular - one" }, "variants": { "*wǝyāšabnû*": "and we will dwell/live/settle", "*wǝhāyînû* *lǝʿam* *ʾeḥād*": "and we will become one people/and we will be unified as a single community" } }

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