Original Language Studio
Genesis 34:9
“And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָתַןchâthan · khaw-than'
H2859 · Hebrew
H2859 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הִֽתְחַתְּנ֖וּ — verb Hithpael, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 33 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 3:1Exodus 4:18Exodus 18:1Exodus 18:2Exodus 18:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָתַן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.