And the sons
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Jacob
Ya`aqob (yah-ak-obe')
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch -- Jacob.
answered
`anah (aw-naw')
to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Shechem
Shkem (shek-em')
ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine -- Shechem.
and Hamor
Chamowr (kham-ore')
donkey; Chamor, a Canaanite -- Hamor.
his father
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
deceitfully
mirmah (meer-maw')
fraud -- craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
and said
dabar (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
because he had defiled
tame' (taw-may')
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated) -- defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, utterly.
Dinah
Diynah (dee-naw')
justice; Dinah, the daughter of Jacob -- Dinah.
their sister
'achowth (aw-khoth')
a sister (used very widely, literally and figuratively) -- (an-)other, sister, together.
