What Does Genesis 34:22 Mean?

a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only

“Only herein”

this (often used adverb)

“consent”

properly, to come, i.e., (implied) to assent

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“unto us for to dwell”

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“with us to be one”

properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first

“among us be circumcised”

to cut short, i.e., curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e., to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“if every male”

properly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

they (only used when emphatic)

“among us be circumcised”

to cut short, i.e., curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e., to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy