Genesis 34:5
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
שָׁמַע
he heard
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שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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בַּת
daughter/ his
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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מִקְנֶה
livestock/ his
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מִקְנֶה
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
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טָמֵא
he had defiled
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טָמֵא
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
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יַעֲקֹב
Jacob
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יַעֲקֹב
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
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דִּינָה
Dinah
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דִּינָה
Dinah, the daughter of Jacob
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