Genesis 34:30
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יַעֲקֹב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שִׁמְעוֹן
Shimʻôwn
Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him
בָּהַל
bâhal
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בָּאַשׁ
bâʼash
to smell bad; figuratively, to be offensive morally
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
כְּנַעַנִי
Kᵉnaʻanîy
a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile c...
פְּרִזִּי
Pᵉrizzîy
a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
מִסְפָּר
miçpâr
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
שִׁמְעוֹן Shimʻôwn
Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him
Study H8095 →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 →בָּהַל bâhal
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
Study H926 →מִסְפָּר miçpâr
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
Study H4557 →Cross References
And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal...
And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay...
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotami...
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a t...
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair ...
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
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