Genesis 33:19

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

and bought a parcell of ground where he pitched his tent of the childern of Hemor Sichems father for an hundred lambes.

📖 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

• John 4:5 : 5 Then came he to a cyte of Samaria called Sichar besydes the possession that Iacob gave to his sonne Ioseph.
• Acts 7:16 : 16 and were translated into Sichem ond were put in ye sepulcre that Abraham bought for money of the sonnes of Emor at Sichem.
• Gen 23:17-20 : 17 Thus was the felde of Ephron where in the dubbill caue is before Mamre: euen the felde and the caue that is therein and all the trees of the felde which growe in all the borders rounde aboute made sur 18 vnto Abraham for a possession in the syghte of the childern of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of the cyte. 19 And then Abraham buried Sara his wyfe in the double caue of the felde that lyeth before Mare otherwise called Ebron in the lande of Canaan. 20 And so both the felde ad the caue that is therein was made vnto Abraham a sure possession to bury in of the sonnes of Heth.
• Gen 34:2-9 : 2 And Siche the sonne of Hemor the Heuite LORde of the countre sawe her and toke her and laye with her and forced her: 3 and his harte laye vnto Dina ye doughter of Iacob. And he loued yt damsell and spake kidly vnto her 4 and spake vnto his father Hemor saynge gett me this mayde vnto my wyfe. 5 And Iacob herde that he had defyled Dina his doughter but his sonnes were with the catell in the felde and therfore he helde his peace vntill they were come. 6 Then Hemor the father of Sichem went out vnto Iacob to come with him. 7 And the sonnes of Iacob came out of the felde as soone as they herde it for it greued them and they were not a litle wrooth because he had wrought folie in Israell in that he had lyen with Iacobs doughter which thinge oughte not to be done. 8 And Hemor comened with the sainge? the soule of my sonne Siche logeth for youre doughter geue her him to wyf 9 and make mariages with vs: geue youre doughters vnto vs ad take oure doughters vnto you 10 and dwell with vs and the lande shall be at youre pleasure dwell and do youre busynes and haue youre possessions there in. 11 And Sichem sayde vnto hyr father and hir brethern: let me fynde grace in youre eyes and what soeuer ye apoynte me that will I geue. 12 Axe frely of me both the dowry and gyftes and I will geue acordynge as ye saye vnto me and geue me the damsell to wyfe. 13 Then the sonnes of Iacob answered to Sichem ad Hemor his father deceytefully because he had defyled Dina their syster. 14 And they sayde vnto them we can not do this thinge yt we shulde geue oure syster to one that is vncircumcysed for that were a shame vnto us. 15 Only in this will we consent vnto you? Yf ye will be as we be that all the men childern amonge you be circumcysed 16 tha will we geue oure doughter to you and take youres to vs and will dwell with you and be one people. 17 But and yf ye will not harken vnto vs to be circumcysed than will we take oure doughter and goo oure wayes. 18 And their wordes pleased Hemor and Sichem his sonne. 19 And the yonge man deferde not for to do the thinge because he had a lust to Iacobs doughter: he was also most sett by of all that were in his fathers house. 20 Tha Hemor and Sichem went vnto the gate of their cyte and comened with the men of their cyte sayncte. 21 These men ar peasable with us and will dwell in the lade and do their occupatio therin And in the land is rowme ynough for the let us take their doughters to wyues and geue them oures: 22 only herin will they consent vnto vs for to dwell with vs and to be one people: yf all the men childern that are amonge vs be circumcysed as they are. 23 Their goodes and their substance and all their catell are oures only let vs consente vnto them that they maye dwell with vs. 24 And vnto Hemor and Sichem his sonneharkened all that went out at the gate of his cyte. And all the men childern were circumcysed what soeuer went out at the gates of his cyte. 25 And the third daye when it was paynefull to them ij. of the sonnes of Iacob Simeon and Leui Dinas brethren toke ether of them his swerde and went in to the cyte boldly and slewe all yt was mal 26 and slewe also Hemor and Sichem his sonne with the edge of the swerde ad toke Dina their sister out of Sichems house and went their waye. 27 Than came the sonnes of Iacob vpon the deede and spoyled the cyte because they had defyled their sister: 28 and toke their shepe oxen asses and what so euer was in the cyte and also in ye feldes. 29 And all their goodes all their childern and their wyues toke they captyue and made havock of all that was in the houses. 30 And Iacob sayde to Simeon and Leui: ye haue troubled me ad made me styncke vnto the inhabitatours of the lande both to the Canaanytes and also vnto the Pherezites. And I am fewe in nombre. Wherfore they shall gather them selves together agaynst me and sley me and so shall I and my house be dystroyed. 31 And they answered: shuld they deall with oure sister as wyth an whoore?
• Gen 49:30-32 : 30 in the double caue that is in the felde before Mamre in the lande of Canaan. Which felde Abraham boughte of Ephron the Hethite for a possessio to burye in. 31 There they buryed Abraha and Sara his wyfe there they buryed Isaac and Rebecca his wyfe. And there I buried Lea: 32 which felde and the caue that is therin was bought of the childern of Heth.