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Genesis 34

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1 ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *δινα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF θυγάτηρ-N3--NSF *λεια-N---GSF ὅς- --ASF τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM καταμανθάνω-VB--AAN ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF ὁ- A--GPF ἐγχώριος-A1--GPF

2 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF *συχεμ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM *εμμωρ-N---GSM ὁ- A--NSM *χορραῖος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἄρχων-N3--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSM αὐτός- D--ASF κοιμάω-VCI-API3S μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ταπεινόω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF

3 καί-C προςἔχω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSF ψυχή-N1--DSF *δινα-N---GSF ὁ- A--GSF θυγάτηρ-N3--GSF *ἰακώβ-N---GSM καί-C ἀγαπάω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF παρθένος-N2--ASF καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF διάνοια-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSF παρθένος-N2--GSF αὐτός- D--DSF

4 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *συχεμ-N---NSM πρός-P *εμμωρ-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM πατήρ-N3--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--ASF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF εἰς-P γυνή-N3K-ASF

5 *ἰακώβ-N---NSM δέ-X ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S ὅτι-C μιαίνω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM *εμμωρ-N---GSM *δινα-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF θυγάτηρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X υἱός-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GSM εἰμί-V9--IAI3P μετά-P ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πεδίον-N2N-DSN παρασιωπάω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN ἔρχομαι-VB--AAN αὐτός- D--APM

6 ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *εμμωρ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM *συχεμ-N---GSM πρός-P *ἰακώβ-N---ASM λαλέω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--DSM

7 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰακώβ-N---GSM ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN πεδίον-N2N-GSN ὡς-C δέ-X ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3P κατανύττω-VQI-API3P ὁ- A--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM καί-C λυπηρός-A1A-NSN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM σφόδρα-D ὅτι-C ἀσχήμων-A3N-ASN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P *ἰσραήλ-N---DSM κοιμάω-VC--APPNSM μετά-P ὁ- A--GSF θυγάτηρ-N3--GSF *ἰακώβ-N---GSM καί-C οὐ-D οὕτως-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S

8 καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S *εμμωρ-N---NSM αὐτός- D--DPM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM *συχεμ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS προαἱρέω-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--DSF ψυχή-N1--DSF ὁ- A--ASF θυγάτηρ-N3--ASF σύ- P--GP δίδωμι-VO--AAD2P οὖν-X αὐτός- D--ASF αὐτός- D--DSM γυνή-N3K-ASF

9 ἐπιγαμβρεύω-VA--AMI2P ἐγώ- P--DP ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF σύ- P--GP δίδωμι-VO--AAD2P ἐγώ- P--DP καί-C ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF ἐγώ- P--GP λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2P ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM σύ- P--GP

10 καί-C ἐν-P ἐγώ- P--DP καταοἰκέω-V2--PAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ἰδού-I πλατύς-A3U-NSF ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GP καταοἰκέω-V2--PAD2P καί-C ἐνπορεύομαι-V1--PMD2P ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C ἐνκτάομαι-VA--AMD2P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF

11 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *συχεμ-N---NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM πατήρ-N3--ASM αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C πρός-P ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSF εὑρίσκω-VB--AAO1S χάρις-N3--ASF ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GP καί-C ὅς- --ASN ἐάν-C εἶπον-VBI-AAS2P δίδωμι-VF--FAI1P

12 πληθύνω-VA--AAD2P ὁ- A--ASF φερνή-N1--ASF σφόδρα-D καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S καθότι-D ἄν-X εἶπον-VBI-AAS2P ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI2P ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--ASF παῖς-N3D-ASM οὗτος- D--ASF εἰς-P γυνή-N3K-ASF

13 ἀποκρίνω-VCI-API3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰακώβ-N---GSM ὁ- A--DSM *συχεμ-N---DSM καί-C *εμμωρ-N---DSM ὁ- A--DSM πατήρ-N3--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P δόλος-N2--GSM καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--DPM ὅτι-C μιαίνω-VAI-AAI3P *δινα-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἀδελφή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM

14 καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--DPM *συμεων-N---NSM καί-C *λευί-N---NSM ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM *δινα-N---GSF υἱός-N2--NPM δέ-X *λεια-N---GSF οὐ-D δύναμαι-VF--FMI1P ποιέω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN οὗτος- D--ASN δίδωμι-VO--AAN ὁ- A--ASF ἀδελφή-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GP ἄνθρωπος-N2--DSM ὅς- --NSM ἔχω-V1--PAI3S ἀκροβυστία-N1A-ASF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S γάρ-X ὄνειδος-N3E-NSN ἐγώ- P--DP

15 ἐν-P οὗτος- D--DSM ὁμοιόω-VC--FPI1P σύ- P--DP καί-C καταοἰκέω-VF--FAI1P ἐν-P σύ- P--DP ἐάν-C γίγνομαι-VB--AMS2P ὡς-C ἐγώ- P--NP καί-C σύ- P--NP ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN περιτέμνω-VC--APN σύ- P--GP πᾶς-A3--ASN ἀρσενικός-A1--ASN

16 καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1P ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF ἐγώ- P--GP σύ- P--DP καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPF θυγάτηρ-N3--GPF σύ- P--GP λαμβάνω-VF--FMI1P ἐγώ- P--DP γυνή-N3K-APF καί-C οἰκέω-VF--FAI1P παρά-P σύ- P--DP καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI1P ὡς-C γένος-N3E-NSN εἷς-A3--NSN

17 ἐάν-C δέ-X μή-D εἰςἀκούω-VA--AAS2P ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--GSN περιτέμνω-V1--PMN λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNPM ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF ἐγώ- P--GP ἀποἔρχομαι-VF--FMI1P

18 καί-C ἀρέσκω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM λόγος-N2--NPM ἐναντίον-P *εμμωρ-N---GSM καί-C ἐναντίον-P *συχεμ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM *εμμωρ-N---GSM

19 καί-C οὐ-D χρονίζω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM νεανίσκος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSN ποιέω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ἐνκεῖμαι-V5I-IMI3S γάρ-X ὁ- A--DSF θυγάτηρ-N3--DSF *ἰακώβ-N---GSM αὐτός- D--NSM δέ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἔνδοξος-A1B-NSMS πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM

20 ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *εμμωρ-N---NSM καί-C *συχεμ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASF πύλη-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSF πόλις-N3I-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3P πρός-P ὁ- A--APM ἀνήρ-N3--APM ὁ- A--GSF πόλις-N3I-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM

21 ὁ- A--NPM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NPM οὗτος- D--NPM εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI3P μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GP οἰκέω-V2--PAD3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ἐνπορεύομαι-V1--PMD3P αὐτός- D--ASF ὁ- A--NSF δέ-X γῆ-N1--NSF ἰδού-I πλατύς-A3U-NSF ἐναντίον-P αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF αὐτός- D--GPM λαμβάνω-VF--FMI1P ἐγώ- P--DP γυνή-N3K-APF καί-C ὁ- A--APF θυγάτηρ-N3--APF ἐγώ- P--GP δίδωμι-VF--FAI1P αὐτός- D--DPM

22 μόνον-D ἐν-P οὗτος- D--DSM ὁμοιόω-VC--FPI3P ἐγώ- P--DP ὁ- A--NPM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GSN καταοἰκέω-V2--PAN μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GP ὥστε-C εἰμί-V9--PAN λαός-N2--ASM εἷς-A3--ASM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN περιτέμνω-V1--PMN ἐγώ- P--GP πᾶς-A3--ASN ἀρσενικός-A1--ASN καθά-D καί-C αὐτός- D--NPM περιτέμνω-VM--XMI3P

23 καί-C ὁ- A--NPN κτῆνος-N3E-NPN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--NPN ὑποἄρχω-V1--PAPNPN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--NPN τετράποδος-A1B-NPN οὐ-D ἐγώ- P--GP εἰμί-VF--FMI3S μόνον-D ἐν-P οὗτος- D--DSM ὁμοιόω-VC--APS1P αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C οἰκέω-VF--FAI3P μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GP

24 καί-C εἰςἀκούω-VAI-AAI3P *εμμωρ-N---GSM καί-C *συχεμ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἐκπορεύομαι-V1--PMPNPM ὁ- A--ASF πύλη-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSF πόλις-N3I-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C περιτέμνω-VBI-AMI3P ὁ- A--ASF σάρξ-N3K-ASF ὁ- A--GSF ἀκροβυστία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GPM πᾶς-A3--NSM ἄρσην-A3--NSM

25 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF τρίτος-A1--DSF ὅτε-D εἰμί-V9--IAI3P ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM πόνος-N2--DSM λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPM δύο-M υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰακώβ-N---GSM *συμεων-N---NSM καί-C *λευί-N---NSM ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM *δινα-N---GSF ἕκαστος-A1--NSM ὁ- A--ASF μάχαιρα-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF ἀσφαλῶς-D καί-C ἀποκτείνω-VAI-AAI3P πᾶς-A3--ASN ἀρσενικός-A1--ASN

26 ὁ- A--ASM τε-X *εμμωρ-N---ASM καί-C *συχεμ-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM υἱός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM ἀποκτείνω-VAI-AAI3P ἐν-P στόμα-N3M-DSN μάχαιρα-N1A-GSF καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASF *δινα-N---ASF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM *συχεμ-N---GSM καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P

27 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰακώβ-N---GSM εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM τραυματίας-N1--APM καί-C διαἁρπάζω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF ἐν-P ὅς- --DSF μιαίνω-VAI-AAI3P *δινα-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἀδελφή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM

28 καί-C ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--APM βοῦς-N3--APM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--APM ὄνος-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM ὅσος-A1--NPN τε-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πόλις-N3I-DSF καί-C ὅσος-A1--NPN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πεδίον-N2N-DSN λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3P

29 καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN σῶμα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἀποσκευή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--APF γυνή-N3K-APF αὐτός- D--GPM αἰχμαλωτεύω-VAI-AAI3P καί-C διαἁρπάζω-VAI-AAI3P ὅσος-A1--APN τε-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πόλις-N3I-DSF καί-C ὅσος-A1--APN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF οἰκία-N1A-DPF

30 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM *συμεων-N---DSM καί-C *λευί-N---DSM μισητός-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--AS ποιέω-VX--XAI2P ὥστε-C πονηρός-A1A-ASM ἐγώ- P--AS εἰμί-V9--PAN πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM καταοἰκέω-V2--PAPDPM ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἐν-P τε-X ὁ- A--DPM *χαναναῖος-N2--DPM καί-C ὁ- A--DPM *φερεζαῖος-N2--DPM ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X ὀλιγοστός-A1--NSM εἰμί-V9--PAI1S ἐν-P ἀριθμός-N2--DSM καί-C συνἄγω-VQ--APPNPM ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AS συνκόπτω-VF--FAI3P ἐγώ- P--AS καί-C ἐκτρίβω-VD--FPI1S ἐγώ- P--NS καί-C ὁ- A--NSM οἶκος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS

31 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P ἀλλά-C ὡσεί-D πόρνη-N1--DSF χράω-VA--AMS3P ὁ- A--DSF ἀδελφή-N1--DSF ἐγώ- P--GP

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4502

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4502. 'And they took Dinah from Shechem's house, and went away' means that they took away the affection for truth. This is clear from the representation of 'Dinah' as the affection for truth, dealt with above in 4498. The meaning according to the internal proximate sense is that they took away the affection for truth from those who were part of the remnants of the Most Ancient Church, for the phrase 'from Shechem's house' is used and by 'Shechem's house' is meant the good of truth of that Church. But as the subject here is the utter destruction of truth and good among those descended from Jacob, who are meant here by Jacob's sons, and as every detail mentioned has a specific application to the particular subject that is under discussion, 'Shechem's house' therefore means here simply the good of truth, like that which had existed with the member of the Most Ancient Church. Thus the meaning is that this good was wiped out among the nation descended from Jacob. For in the internal sense of the Word every expression or name means some aspect of the subject to which it belongs. At the same time the extinction of good and truth among Hamor and Shechem and his family is meant, because they accepted external usages, as shown in 4493.

[2] The truth of what has been explained so far regarding Simeon and Levi becomes clear from the prophetical utterances of Jacob before he died, where the following occurs,

Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of violence are their swords. Into their secret place let my soul not come; in their congregation let not my glory be united; for in their anger they killed a man, in their pleasure they hamstrung an ox. Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their fury, for it is severe. I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel. Genesis 49:5-7.

'Simeon and Levi' means the truth of faith which among the descendants of Jacob was turned into falsity, and the good of charity into evil, as above in 4499, 4500. They are called 'brothers' because good is the brother of truth, or charity is the brother of faith, 4498. 'Instruments of violence are their swords' means that falsities and evils did violence to truths and goods, 4499. 'Into their secret place let my soul not come, in their congregation let not my glory be united' means severance as regards life and doctrine, for in the Word 'soul' is used to refer to life, 1000, 1040, 1742, 3299, and 'glory' to doctrine. 'For in their anger they killed a man, in their pleasure they hamstrung an ox' means that with evil intent they annihilated the truth of the Church and the good of the Church, 'a man' meaning the truth of the Church, 3134, and 'an ox' its good, 2180, 2566, 2781. 'Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their fury, for it is severe' means the punishment incurred for turning away from truth and good - 'cursing' meaning turning oneself away and also being punished on that account, 245, 379, 1423, 3530, 3584, while anger means the departure from good, and 'fury' the departure from truth, 357, 3614. 'I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel' means that goods and truths will exist no longer within either the external or the internal aspect of their Church - 'dividing' and 'scattering' meaning separating and completely removing from them, 4424, 'Jacob' being the external aspect of the Church and 'Israel' the internal, 4286.

[3] These things are said about Simeon and Levi in this prophetical utterance because those two mean in general the truth and good of the Church, and when these cease to exist, and more so when falsities and evils take their place, the Church has been wiped out. Nothing other than this is contained in these prophetical words, as may be seen from the fact that neither the tribe of Simeon nor the tribe of Levi was cursed more than any other tribe. For the tribe of Levi was selected for the priesthood, and the tribe of Simeon existed as one of the rest of the tribes of Israel.

  
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