Dinah and Shechem · Genesis 34
Dinah and Shechem (Genesis 34) read aloud, in a fresh direct translation from the Hebrew - plain modern English, nothing added.
Translator's notes:
• Genesis 34:2 — וַיְעַנֶּהָ (va-ye'anneha): chose "and humbled her". Alternatives: "and raped her", "and forced her". Why: the verb means to humble/afflict a person brought low; later law uses the same verb for forced sex, but the word itself states the humbling, so the rendering keeps the Hebrew's own word.
• Genesis 34:7 — נְבָלָה (nevalah): chose "a disgraceful thing". Alternatives: "an outrage", "a folly". Why: the word names an act that…
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