Genesis 34:20

American Standard Version (1901)

And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֥א חֲמ֛וֹר וּשְׁכֶ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ אֶל־שַׁ֣עַר עִירָ֑ם וַֽיְדַבְּר֛וּ אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י עִירָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

wayyābōʾ Ḥămôr ûŠkem bǝnô ʾel-šaʿar ʿîrām wayǝdabbǝrû ʾel-ʾanšê ʿîrām lēʾmōr

Grammar Details

• *wayyābōʾ*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he came
• *Ḥămôr*: proper noun, masculine singular - Hamor
• *ûŠkem*: waw-conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Shechem
• *bǝnô*: noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his son
• *ʾel*: preposition - to
• *šaʿar*: noun, masculine singular construct - gate of
• *ʿîrām*: noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their city
• *wayǝdabbǝrû*: waw-consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they spoke
• *ʾanšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - men of
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying

Word Meanings

• *šaʿar*: gate/entrance/city council meeting place
• *ʾanšê*: men/inhabitants/citizens

Referenced Verses

• Ruth 4:1 : 1 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
• 2 Sam 15:2 : 2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
• Job 29:7 : 7 When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
• Prov 31:23 : 23 Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land.
• Amos 5:10 : 10 They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
• Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins--ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right] .
• Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
• Zech 8:16 : 16 These are the things that ye shall do: speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;
• Gen 22:17 : 17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
• Gen 23:10 : 10 Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
• Deut 17:5 : 5 then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates, even the man or the woman; and thou shalt stone them to death with stones.