Genesis 34:7

Webster's Bible (1833)

The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done 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 It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has; because he has transgressed the covenant of Yahweh, and because he has done folly in Israel.
• Judg 20:6 : 6 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 young lady to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done folly in Israel, to play the prostitute in her father's house: so shall you put away the evil from the midst of you.
• Gen 20:9 : 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!"
• Heb 13:4 : 4 Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
• Jas 3:10 : 10 Out of the same mouth comes forth blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
• Gen 46:7 : 7 his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and he brought all his seed with him into Egypt.
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
• Lev 4:2 : 2 "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them:
• Lev 4:13 : 13 "'If the whole congregation of Israel sins, and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and are guilty;
• Lev 4:27 : 27 "'If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and is 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 spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man who came into your house, that we may know him. 23 The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, don't do this folly. 24 Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble you them, and do with them what seems good to you: but to this man don't do any such folly. 25 But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth to 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 She answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don't you do this folly. 13 I, where shall I carry my shame? and as for you, you will be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.
• 2 Sam 13:21 : 21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very angry.
• Ps 93:5 : 5 Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, Yahweh, forevermore.
• Prov 7:7 : 7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
• 1 Cor 6:18 : 18 Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin that a man does is outside the body," but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
• 1 Cor 10:8 : 8 Neither let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
• Eph 5:3 : 3 But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
• Col 3:5 : 5 Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
• 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.