The Meaning of Genesis 34:4 Explained

Genesis 34:4

KJV: And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

YLT: And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, 'Take for me this damsel for a wife.'

Darby: And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Take me this girl as wife.

ASV: And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

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What is the context of Genesis 34:4?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

What does Genesis 34:4 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 34:1-17 - Jacob With The Shechemites

Jacob was tempted by the fat pastures of Shechem, without thought or care of the character of its people, and he lived to bitterly rue his choice. How many religious parents have made the same mistake! They first encamp near the world, pitching their tent doors in that direction; then they buy a parcel of land, and finally their children contract alliances that end in shame and disaster. He who came of a pilgrim race, and to whom the whole land had been given by promise, bought real estate right against Shechem, one of the worst cities in the country. Like Lot, Jacob bid high for wealth and worldly advancement, risked the highest for the lowest, and was saved as by fire. Poor Dinah! Yet she was more sinned against than sinning. Jacob had put her in jeopardy by his selfish policy; and Leah was not blameless, for she had let her go unwarned and unaccompanied into the middle of that furnace of trial. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 34

¹ Dinah is ravished by Shechem
⁴ He requests to marry her
¹³ The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to the Shechemites
²⁰ Hamor and Shechem persuade them to accept it
²⁵ The sons of Jacob upon that advantage slay them, and spoil their city
³⁰ Jacob reproves Simeon and Levi

What do the individual words in Genesis 34:4 mean?

So spoke Shechem to Hamor his father saying Get me - young woman this as a wife

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁכֶ֔ם אֶל־ חֲמ֥וֹר אָבִ֖יו לֵאמֹ֑ר קַֽח־ לִ֛י אֶת־ הַיַּלְדָּ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לְאִשָּֽׁה

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	So spoke
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
שְׁכֶ֔ם	Shechem
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שְׁכֶם Sense: son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob’s arrival.
חֲמ֥וֹר	Hamor
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: חֲמֹור Sense: the Hivite prince of the city of Shechem when Jacob entered Palestine.
אָבִ֖יו	his father
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual.
לֵאמֹ֑ר	saying
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
קַֽח־	Get
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
לִ֛י	me
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַיַּלְדָּ֥ה	young woman
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: יַלְדָּה Sense: girl, damsel, marriageable girl.
הַזֹּ֖את	this
Parse: Article, Pronoun, feminine singular Root: זׄאת Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
לְאִשָּֽׁה	as a wife
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular Root: אִשָּׁה Sense: woman, wife, female.

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