Genesis 24:37
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָדוֹן
ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שָׁבַע
shâbaʻ
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
כְּנַעַנִי
Kᵉnaʻanîy
a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile c...
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Key Terms in This Verse
כְּנַעַנִי Kᵉnaʻanîy
a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
Study H3669 →שָׁבַע shâbaʻ
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
Study H7650 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →Cross References
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall ...
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
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