Genesis 33:19

Geneva Bible (1560)

And there he bought a parcell of ground, where hee pitched his tent, at the hande of the sonnes of Hamor Shechems father, for an hundreth pieces of money.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּ֜קֶן אֶת־חֶלְקַ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽטָה־שָׁם֙ אָהֳל֔וֹ מִיַּ֥ד בְּנֵֽי־חֲמ֖וֹר אֲבִ֣י שְׁכֶ֑ם בְּמֵאָ֖ה קְשִׂיטָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yiqen ʾet-ḥelqat the śādeh which nāṭāh-there ʾohŏlô from yad bənê-ḥămôr ʾăbî šəkem for mēʾāh qəśîṭāh

Grammar Details

• *wə-yiqen*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he bought
• *ḥelqat*: noun, feminine singular construct - portion of
• *śādeh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the field
• *nāṭāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he had spread
• *ʾohŏlô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his tent
• *yad*: noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *ḥămôr*: proper noun, masculine singular - Hamor
• *ʾăbî*: noun, masculine singular construct - father of
• *šəkem*: proper noun, masculine singular - Shechem
• *mēʾāh*: cardinal number - hundred
• *qəśîṭāh*: noun, feminine singular - qesitah (unit of money)

Word Meanings

• *yiqen*: bought/purchased/acquired
• *ḥelqat*: portion/parcel/piece
• *nāṭāh*: had spread/had pitched/had set up
• *yad*: hand of/from/possession of
• *ʾăbî*: father of/patriarch of
• *qəśîṭāh*: qesitah (unit of money of unknown value)

Referenced Verses

• Josh 24:32 : 32 And the bones of Ioseph, which the children of Israel brought out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in a parcell of ground which Iaakob bought of the sonnes of Hamor the father of Shechem, for an hundreth pieces of siluer, and the children of Ioseph had them in their inheritance.
• John 4:5 : 5 Then came hee to a citie of Samaria called Sychar, neere vnto the possession that Iacob gaue to his sonne Ioseph.
• Acts 7:16 : 16 And were remoued into Sychem, and were put in the sepulchre, that Abraham had bought for money of the sonnes of Emor, sonne of Sychem.
• Gen 23:17-20 : 17 So the fielde of Ephron which was in Machpelah, and ouer against Mamre, euen the field and the caue that was therein, and all the trees that were in the fielde, which were in all the borders round about, was made sure 18 Vnto Abraham for a possession, in ye sight of the Hittites, euen of all that went in at the gates of his citie. 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the caue of the fielde of Machpelah ouer against Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 20 Thus the fielde and the caue, that is therein, was made sure vnto Abraham for a possession of buriall by the Hittites.
• Gen 34:2-9 : 2 Whome when Shechem the sonne of Hamor the Hiuite lorde of that countrey sawe, hee tooke her, and lay with her, and defiled her. 3 So his heart claue vnto Dinah the daughter of Iaakob: and he loued the maide, & spake kindely vnto the maide. 4 Then said Shechem to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this maide to wife. 5 (Nowe Iaakob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sonnes were with his cattell in the fielde: therefore Iaakob helde his peace, vntill they were come.) 6 Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out vnto Iaakob to commune with him. 7 And whe the sonnes of Iaakob were come out of the fielde and heard it, it grieued the men, & they were very angry, because he had wrought villenie in Israel, in that he had lyen with Iaakobs daughter: which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, the soule of my sonne Shechem longeth for your daughter: giue her him to wife, I pray you. 9 So make affinitie with vs: giue your daughters vnto vs, and take our daughters vnto you, 10 And ye shall dwell with vs, and the lande shalbe before you: dwell, and doe your businesse in it, and haue your possessions therein. 11 Shechem also said vnto her father & vnto her brethren, Let me finde fauour in your eyes, and I will giue whatsoeuer ye shall appoint me. 12 Aske of me abundantly both dowrie and giftes, and I will giue as ye appoint me, so that ye giue me the maide to wife. 13 Then the sonnes of Iaakob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, talking deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister, 14 And they said vnto them, We can not do this thing, to giue our sister to an vncircumcised man: for that were a reproofe vnto vs. 15 But in this will we consent vnto you, if ye will be as we are, that euery man childe among you be circumcised: 16 Then will we giue our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to vs, and will dwell with you, and be one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken vnto vs to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and depart. 18 Nowe their wordes pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamors sonne. 19 And the yong man deferd not to doe the thing because he loued Iaakobs daughter: he was also the most set by of all his fathers house. 20 Then Hamor and Shechem his Sonne went vnto the gate of their citie, and communed with the men of their citie, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with vs: and that they may dwell in the land, and doe their affaires therin (for behold, the land hath roume ynough for them) let vs take their daughters to wiues, and giue them our daughters. 22 Onely herein will the men consent vnto vs for to dwell with vs, and to be one people, if all the men children among vs be circumcised as they are circumcised. 23 Shall not their flockes and their substance and all their cattell be ours? onely let vs consent herein vnto them, and they will dwell with vs. 24 And vnto Hamor, and Shechem his sonne hearkened all that went out of the gate of his citie: and all the men children were circumcised, euen all that went out of the gate of his citie. 25 And on the thirde day (when they were sore) two of the sonnes of Iaakob, Simeon and Leui, Dinahs brethren tooke either of them his sworde and went into the citie boldly, and slue euery male. 26 They slewe also Hamor and Shechem his sonne with the edge of the sword, & tooke Dinah out of Shechems house, and went their way. 27 Againe the other sonnes of Iaakob came vpon the dead, and spoyled the citie, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They tooke their sheepe & their beeues, and their asses, and whatsoeuer was in the citie, and in the fieldes. 29 Also they caryed away captiue & spoyled all their goods, and all their children and their wiues, and all that was in the houses. 30 Then Iaakob said to Simeon and Leui, Ye haue troubled me, and made me stinke among the inhabitats of the land, aswell the Canaanites, as the Perizzites, and and I being few in nomber, they shall gather theselues together against me, & slay me, and so shall I, and my house be destroied. 31 And they answered, Shoulde hee abuse our sister as a whore?
• Gen 49:30-32 : 30 In the caue that is in the field of Machpelah besides Mamre in the land of Canaan: which caue Abraham bought with the fielde of Ephron the Hittite for a possession to burie in. 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife: there they buryed Izhak and Rebekah his wife: and there I buried Leah. 32 The purchase of the fielde and the caue that is therein, was bought of the children of Heth.