Genesis 34:30
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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.Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
In other translations
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.Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יַעֲקֹבya'akoJacobH3290אֶל־'el-toH413שִׁמְעוֹןshim'onSimeonH8095וְאֶל־ve'el-and toH413לֵוִיleviLeviH3878עֲכַרְתֶּם'akhartemyou have troubledH5916אֹתִי'oti<obj.> meH853לְהַבְאִישֵׁנִיlehav'isheniby making odious meH887בְּיֹשֵׁבbeyoshevamong [the] inhabitant[s] ofH3427הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776בַּכְּנַעֲנִיbakena'aniamong the Canaanite[s]H3669וּבַפְּרִזִּיuvapperiziand among the Perizzite[s]H6522וַאֲנִיva'aniand IH589מְתֵיmetei[am] men ofH4962מִסְפָּרmisparnumberH4557וְנֶאֶסְפוּvene'esfuand they will gatherH622עָלַי'alaion meH5921וְהִכּוּנִיvehikuniand they will attack meH5221וְנִשְׁמַדְתִּיvenishmadtiand I will be destroyedH8045אֲנִי'aniIH589וּבֵיתִי׃uveitiand household myH1004
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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