Genesis 34:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיַעֲקֹ֣ב שָׁמַ֗ע כִּ֤י טִמֵּא֙ אֶת־דִּינָ֣ה בִתּ֔וֹ וּבָנָ֛יו הָי֥וּ אֶת־מִקְנֵ֖הוּ בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וְהֶחֱרִ֥שׁ יַעֲקֹ֖ב עַד־בֹּאָֽם׃

Transliteration

wYaʿăqōb šāmaʿ kî ṭimmēʾ ʾet-Dînāh bittô ûbānāyw hāyû ʾet-miqnēhû baśśādeh wǝheḥĕrîš Yaʿăqōb ʿad-bōʾām

Grammar Details

• *wYaʿăqōb*: waw-conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Jacob
• *šāmaʿ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he heard
• *kî*: conjunction - that
• *ṭimmēʾ*: piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he had defiled
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *Dînāh*: proper noun, feminine singular - Dinah
• *bittô*: noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his daughter
• *ûbānāyw*: waw-conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his sons
• *hāyû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they were
• *ʾet*-*miqnēhû*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with his livestock
• *baśśādeh*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the field
• *wǝheḥĕrîš*: waw-conjunction + hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he kept silent
• *Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jacob
• *ʿad*-*bōʾām*: preposition + qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - until their coming

Word Meanings

• *šāmaʿ*: heard/learned/understood
• *ṭimmēʾ*: defiled/made unclean/dishonored/violated
• *wǝheḥĕrîš*: kept silent/held his peace/said nothing
• *ʿad*-*bōʾām*: until their coming/arrival/return

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 13:22 : 22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
• Ps 39:9 : 9 I was dumb, I opened{H8799)} not my mouth; because thou didst{H8804)} it.
• Luke 15:25 : 25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
• Luke 15:29 : 29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
• Gen 30:35 : 35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
• Gen 37:13-14 : 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
• Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
• 1 Sam 10:27 : 27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
• 1 Sam 16:11 : 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
• 1 Sam 17:15 : 15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.