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Genesis 34:16

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But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we [be], that every male of you be circumcised;	Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.	But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then will we give^H5414 our daughters^H1323 unto you, and we will take^H3947 your daughters^H1323 to us, and we will dwell^H3427 with you, and we will become one^H259 people^H5971.

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Original Hebrew

וְנָתַנּוּ אֶת־בְּנֹתֵינוּ לָכֶם וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵיכֶם נִקַּח־לָנוּ וְיָשַׁבְנוּ אִתְּכֶם וְהָיִינוּ לְעַם אֶחָד׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/נָתַ֤נּוּ	ve./na.Ta.nu	H5414	HC/Vqq1cp	and/ we will give
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
בְּנֹתֵ֨י/נוּ֙	be.no.Tei./nu	H1323	HNcfpc/Sp1cp	daughters/ our
לָ/כֶ֔ם	la./Khem		HR/Sp2mp	to (the)/ you
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
בְּנֹתֵי/כֶ֖ם	be.no.tei./Khem	H1323	HNcfpc/Sp2mp	daughters/ your
נִֽקַּֽח	ni.kach-	H3947	HVqi1cp	we will take
לָ֑/נוּ	La./nu		HR/Sp1cp	for (the)/ ourselves
וְ/יָשַׁ֣בְנוּ	ve./ya.Shav.nu	H3427	HC/Vqq1cp	and/ we will dwell
אִתְּ/כֶ֔ם	'i.te./Khem	H854	HR/Sp2mp	with/ you
וְ/הָיִ֖ינוּ	ve./ha.Yi.nu	H1961	HC/Vqq1cp	and/ we will become
לְ/עַ֥ם	le./'Am	H5971	HR/Ncmsa	(into)/ a people
אֶחָֽד	'e.Chad	H259	HAcmsa	one

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

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