Genesis 34:14

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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:“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

In other translations

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:“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559אֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemto themH413לֹאlo'notH3808נוּכַלnukhalwe are ableH3201לַעֲשׂוֹתla'asotto doH6213הַדָּבָרhadavarthe thingH1697הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088לָתֵתlatetto giveH5414אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֲחֹתֵנוּ'achotenusister ourH269לְאִישׁle'ishto a manH376אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whomH834לוֹlo[belongs] to <the> himעָרְלָה'arelaha foreskinH6190כִּי־ki-forH3588חֶרְפָּהcherpah[is] a reproachH2781הִואhi'itH1931לָנוּ׃lanuto <the> us

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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