King James Version

Genesis 34:31

And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

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וַיֹּאמְר֑וּvayomrvand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…הַכְזוֹנָ֕הhakhzonahthe as commit fornicationזָנָהparticle, interrogative, preposition, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the as commit fornication”, a verb used as a describing wordH2181to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)(cause to) commit fornication, [idiom] continually, [idiom] great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.יַעֲשֶׂ֖הyaasehdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “do”, an unfinished actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…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).אֲחוֹתֵֽנוּachotenvsisterאָחוֹתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “sister”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH269a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)(an-) other, sister, together.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they said: 'Should one deal with our sister as with a harlot?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?

Young’s Literal Translation

And they say, 'As a harlot doth he make our sister?'

World English Bible

They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”

Darby Translation

And they said, Should people deal with our sister as with a harlot?

Douay-Rheims

They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they said: 'Should one deal with our sister as with a harlot?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they said, Nay, but shall they treat our sister as an harlot?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἱ δὲ εἶπαν, ἀλλʼ ὡσεὶ πόρνῃ χρήσονται τῇ ἀδελφῇ ἡμῶν;