Verse 18

{ "verseID": "Genesis.34.18", "source": "וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּ דִבְרֵיהֶ֖ם בְּעֵינֵ֣י חֲמ֑וֹר וּבְעֵינֵ֖י שְׁכֶ֥ם בֶּן־חֲמֽוֹר׃", "text": "*wayyîṭǝbû* *dibrêhem* *bǝʿênê* *Ḥămôr* *ûbǝʿênê* *Škem* *ben*-*Ḥămôr*", "grammar": { "*wayyîṭǝbû*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they were pleasing", "*dibrêhem*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their words", "*bǝʿênê*": "preposition + noun, feminine dual construct - in the eyes of", "*Ḥămôr*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Hamor", "*ûbǝʿênê*": "waw-conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine dual construct - and in the eyes of", "*Škem*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Shechem", "*ben*": "noun, masculine singular construct - son of", "*Ḥămôr*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Hamor" }, "variants": { "*wayyîṭǝbû*": "and they were pleasing/seemed good/were acceptable", "*bǝʿênê*": "in the eyes of/in the sight of/in the opinion of" } }

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