Genesis 34:14
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
עָרֵל
ʻârêl
uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
חֶרְפָּה
cherpâh
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
Key Terms in This Verse
עָרֵל ʻârêl
uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
Study H6189 →אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Study H269 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
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And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, th...
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring ...
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the L...
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
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