Genesis 34:7

American Standard Version (1901)

And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְנֵ֨י יַעֲקֹ֜ב בָּ֤אוּ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה֙ כְּשָׁמְעָ֔ם וַיִּֽתְעַצְּבוּ֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיִּ֥חַר לָהֶ֖ם מְאֹ֑ד כִּֽי־נְבָלָ֞ה עָשָׂ֣ה בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־בַּֽת־יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְכֵ֖ן לֹ֥א יֵעָשֶֽׂה׃

Transliteration

ûbǝnê Yaʿăqōb bāʾû min-haśśādeh kǝšāmʿām wayyitʿaṣṣǝbû hāʾănāšîm wayyiḥar lāhem mǝʾōd kî-nǝbālāh ʿāśāh bYiśrāʾēl liškab ʾet-bat-Yaʿăqōb wǝkēn lōʾ yēʿāśeh

Grammar Details

• *ûbǝnê*: waw-conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct - and sons of
• *Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jacob
• *bāʾû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they came
• *min*: preposition - from
• *haśśādeh*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the field
• *kǝšāmʿām*: preposition + qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - when they heard
• *wayyitʿaṣṣǝbû*: waw-consecutive + hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they were grieved
• *hāʾănāšîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the men
• *wayyiḥar*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it burned
• *lāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
• *mǝʾōd*: adverb - very much
• *kî*: conjunction - because
• *nǝbālāh*: noun, feminine singular - folly/disgrace
• *ʿāśāh*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he had done
• *bYiśrāʾēl*: preposition + proper noun - in Israel
• *liškab*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to lie with
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *bat*: noun, feminine singular construct - daughter of
• *wǝkēn*: waw-conjunction + adverb - and thus
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yēʿāśeh*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it should be done

Word Meanings

• *wayyitʿaṣṣǝbû*: they were grieved/distressed/hurt/angry
• *wayyiḥar* *lāhem*: they burned with anger/were furious/were very angry
• *nǝbālāh*: folly/disgrace/outrage/shameful act
• *bYiśrāʾēl*: in Israel/against Israel/among the family of Israel
• *yēʿāśeh*: should be done/ought to be done/is done

Referenced Verses

• Josh 7:15 : 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath; because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
• Judg 20:6 : 6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
• Deut 22:21 : 21 then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
• Gen 20:9 : 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
• Heb 13:4 : 4 [ Let] marriage [be] had in honor among all, and [let] the bed [be] undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
• Jas 3:10 : 10 out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• Gen 46:7 : 7 his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• Lev 4:2 : 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any one shall sin unwittingly, in any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them:
• Lev 4:13 : 13 And if the whole congregation of Israel err, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and are guilty;
• Lev 4:27 : 27 And if any one of the common people sin unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty;
• Deut 23:17 : 17 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
• Judg 19:22-25 : 22 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him. 23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, do not this folly. 24 Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not any such folly. 25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
• 2 Sam 13:12-13 : 12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. 13 And I, whither shall I carry my shame? and as for thee, thou wilt 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.
• 2 Sam 13:21 : 21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
• Ps 93:5 : 5 Thy testimonies are very sure: Holiness becometh thy house, O Jehovah, for evermore.
• Prov 7:7 : 7 And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,
• 1 Cor 6:18 : 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
• 1 Cor 10:8 : 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
• Eph 5:3 : 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
• Col 3:5 : 5 Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
• 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And withal they learn also [to be] idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.