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And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son. (KJV)
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וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּvai.yi.te.Vuand they were good
Lemma: יָטַב (ya.tav) · Strong's: H3190
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: be good
Used 117 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 32:9, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 40:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3190; TAHOT Genesis 34:18 word 1
דִבְרֵיהֶ֖םdiv.rei.Hemwords their
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: word
Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Genesis 34:18 word 2
בְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes of
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye: appearance
Used 153 times. Also: Genesis 16:6, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 20:15, Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869I; TAHOT Genesis 34:18 word 3
חֲמ֑וֹרcha.MorHamor
Lemma: חֲמוֹר (cha.mor) · Strong's: H2544
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Hamor
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 33:19, Genesis 34:2, Genesis 34:4, Genesis 34:6, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 34:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2544; TAHOT Genesis 34:18 word 4
וּבְעֵינֵ֖יu.ve.'ei.Neiand in [the] eyes of
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye: appearance
Used 153 times. Also: Genesis 16:6, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 20:15, Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869I; TAHOT Genesis 34:18 word 5
שְׁכֶ֥םshe.KhemShechem
Lemma: שְׁכֶם (she.khem) · Strong's: H7927H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Shechem
Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 33:19, Genesis 34:2, Genesis 34:4, Genesis 34:6, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 34:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7927H; TAHOT Genesis 34:18 word 6
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Genesis 34:18 word 7
חֲמֽוֹר\׃cha.MorHamor
Lemma: חֲמוֹר (cha.mor) · Strong's: H2544
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Hamor
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 33:19, Genesis 34:2, Genesis 34:4, Genesis 34:6, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 34:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2544; TAHOT Genesis 34:18 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Their offer | → | דָּבָר H1697G word |
| . . . | → | עַ֫יִן H5869I eye: appearance |
| seemed good | → | יָטַב H3190 be good |
| to Hamor | → | חֲמוֹר H2544 Hamor |
| . . . | → | עַ֫יִן H5869I eye: appearance |
| and his | → | חֲמוֹר H2544 Hamor |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| Shechem | → | שְׁכֶם H7927H Shechem |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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