Genesis 34:1-13
[A.M. 2272. B.C. 1732.]
Dinah <01783> [Dinah.]
daughter ............ women <01323> [the daughters.]
<07927> [Shechem.]
When ............... grabbed <07200 03947> [saw her.]
grabbed ........ sexually <03947 07901> [took her.]
her ........... assaulted <06031> [defiled her. Heb. humbled her.]
attached <05315> [soul.]
young woman .... romantically <05291 03820> [kindly unto the damsel. Heb. to the heart of the damsel.]
sons <01121> [now his.]
silent <02790> [held.]
offended ... very <06087 03966> [were.]
sexually assaulting .......... committed <06213> [wrought.]
sexually assaulting .......... committed <06213> [thing.]
<05315> [The soul.]
land <0776> [and the land.]
make ........... very <07235 03966> [Ask me.]
On the practice of purchasing wives, De La Roque says, "Properly speaking, a young man who would marry must purchase his wife; and fathers among the Arabs are never so happy as when they have many daughters. They form part of the riches of the house. Accordingly, when a young man would treat with a person whose daughter he is inclined to marry, he says to him, 'Will you give me your daughter for fifty sheep, for six camels, or for a dozen cows?' according to the rank of her family, and the circumstances of him who desires to marry her."
bride price <04119> [dowry.]
deceitfully <04820> [deceitfully.]
