Genesis 34:23 Go deeper
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Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. (KJV)
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מִקְנֵהֶ֤םmik.ne.Hemlivestock their
Lemma: מִקְנֶה (miq.neh) · Strong's: H4735
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: livestock
Used 76 times. Also: Genesis 4:20, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 26:14, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 30:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4735; TAHOT Genesis 34:23 word 1
וְקִנְיָנָם֙ve.kin.ya.Namand possession[s] their
Lemma: קִנְיָן (qin.yan) · Strong's: H7075
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: acquisition
Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 31:18, Genesis 36:6, Leviticus 22:11, Joshua 14:4, Psalms 104:24, Psalms 105:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7075; TAHOT Genesis 34:23 word 2
וְכָל\־ve.kholand all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Genesis 34:23 word 3
בְּהֶמְתָּ֔םbe.hem.Tamanimal[s] their
Lemma: בְּהֵמָה (be.he.mah) · Strong's: H0929
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: animal
Used 190 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 6:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0929; TAHOT Genesis 34:23 word 4
הֲל֥וֹאha.Lo'¿ not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 34:23 word 5
הֵ֑םHem[will] they
Lemma: הֵ֫מָּה (hem.mah) · Strong's: H1992
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Plural (HPp3mp)
Meaning: they(masc.)
Used 550 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1992; TAHOT Genesis 34:23 word 6
אַ֚ךְ'akhonly
Lemma: אַךְ (akh) · Strong's: H0389
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: surely
Used 161 times. Also: Genesis 7:23, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 23:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0389; TAHOT Genesis 34:23 word 7
נֵא֣וֹתָהne.'o.tahlet us agree
Lemma: אוּת (ut) · Strong's: H0225
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVNc1cp)
Meaning: to consent
Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 34:15, Genesis 34:22, 2 Kings 12:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0225; TAHOT Genesis 34:23 word 8
וְיֵשְׁב֖וּve.ye.she.Vuand let them dwell
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqu3mp)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Genesis 34:23 word 9
אִתָּֽנוּ\׃'i.Ta.nuwith us
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0854
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: with
Used 928 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0854; TAHOT Genesis 34:23 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| their livestock | → | מִקְנֶה H4735 livestock |
| their possessions | → | קִנְיָן H7075 acquisition |
| and all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| their | → | הֵ֫מָּה H1992 they(masc.) |
| animals [become ours] | → | בְּהֵמָה H0929 animal |
| Only | → | אַךְ H0389 surely |
| let us consent | → | אוּת H0225 to consent |
| to them | → | |
| and they will dwell | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| among us | → | אֵת H0854 with |
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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