Genesis 34:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֗ב בָּ֚אוּ עַל־הַ֣חֲלָלִ֔ים וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּ הָעִ֑יר אֲשֶׁ֥ר טִמְּא֖וּ אֲחוֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

bǝnê Yaʿăqōb bāʾû ʿal-haḥălālîm wayyābōzzû hāʿîr ʾăšer ṭimmǝʾû ʾăḥôtām

Grammar Details

*bǝnê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jacob
*bāʾû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they came
*ʿal*: preposition - upon
*haḥălālîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the slain
*wayyābōzzû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they plundered
*hāʿîr*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the city
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - because
*ṭimmǝʾû*: piel perfect, 3rd common plural - they had defiled
*ʾăḥôtām*: noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their sister

Word Meanings

*bāʾû* *ʿal*-*haḥălālîm*: they came upon the slain/they attacked the fallen/they came to the dead bodies
*wayyābōzzû*: and they plundered/looted/spoiled
*ṭimmǝʾû*: they had defiled/violated/dishonored

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 34:2 : 2 And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
Gen 34:31 : 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
Exod 2:14 : 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.
Josh 7:1 : 1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel.
Josh 7:13 : 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow: for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of thee, O Israel; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the devoted thing from among you.
Josh 7:21 : 21 when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
Esth 9:10 : 10 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jew's enemy, slew they; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.
Esth 9:16 : 16 And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.
1 Tim 6:10 : 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which {G3713} some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Gen 34:24-26
3 verses
87%
24And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males.
26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.
Gen 34:13-14
2 verses
86%
13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
14and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.
Gen 34:28-31
4 verses
84%
28They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field;
29and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house.
30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
31And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
Gen 34:1-2
2 verses
82%
1And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
Gen 34:4-7
4 verses
82%
4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came.
6And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7And 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.