King James Version

Genesis 34:3

And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

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וַתִּדְבַּ֣קvatidbaqand abide fastדָּבַקconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and abide fast”, the next action in the storyH1692properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuitabide fast, cleave (fast together), follow close (hard after), be joined (together), keep (fast), overtake, pursue hard, stick, take.נַפְשׁ֔וֹnafshvocreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…בְּדִינָ֖הbedinahin Dinahדִּינָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Dinah”H1783Dinah, the daughter of JacobDinah.בַּֽתbatdaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.יַעֲקֹ֑בyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.וַיֶּֽאֱהַב֙vayeehavand loveאָהַבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and love”, the next action in the storyH157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔hanaarathe damselנַעֲרָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the damsel”, the ordinary formH5291a girl (from infancy to adolescence)damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).וַיְדַבֵּ֖רvaydaberand speakדָבַרconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and speak”, the next action in the storyH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…לֵ֥בlevcomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…הַֽנַּעֲרָֽhanaarathe damselנַעֲרָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the damsel”, the ordinary formH5291a girl (from infancy to adolescence)damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And his soul did cleave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke comfortingly unto the damsel.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

Young’s Literal Translation

and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.

World English Bible

His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.

Darby Translation

And his soul fastened on Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the maiden, and spoke consolingly to the maiden.

Douay-Rheims

And his soul was fast knit unto her, and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And his soul did cleave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke comfortingly unto the damsel.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he was attached to the soul of Dina the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke kindly to the damsel.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ προσέσχε τῇ ψυχῇ Δείνας τῆς θυγατρὸς Ἰακώβ· καὶ ἠγάπησε τὴν παρθένον· καὶ ἐλάλησε κατὰ τὴν διάνοιαν τῆς παρθένου αυτῇ.