Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 34:17 Interlinear

“ But if ye will not hearken unto us to be circumcised then will we take our daughter and we will be gone”

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Genesis 34 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וְאִם	H518		used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
2	לֹ֧א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
3	תִשְׁמְע֛וּ	H8085	But if ye will not hearken	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
4	אֵלֵ֖ינוּ	H413		near, with or among; often in general, to
5	לְהִמּ֑וֹל	H4135	unto us to be circumcised	to cut short, i.e., curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e., to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
6	וְלָקַ֥חְנוּ	H3947	then will we take	to take (in the widest variety of applications)
7	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
8	בִּתֵּ֖נוּ	H1323	our daughter	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
9	וְהָלָֽכְנוּ׃	H1980	and we will be gone	to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

Genesis 34:17 (current) But if ye will not hearken unto us to be circumcised then will we take our daughter and we will be gone