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Genesis 34:6

And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

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וַיֵּצֵ֛אvayetseand bring forthיָצָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bring forth”, the next action in the storyH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…חֲמ֥וֹרchamorHamorחֲמוֹרnoun, proper name — “Hamor”H2544Chamor, a CanaaniteHamor.אֲבִֽיavifatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.שְׁכֶ֖םshekhemShechemשְׁכֶםnoun, proper name — “Shechem”H7927Shekem, a place in PalestineShechem.אֶֽלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).יַעֲקֹ֑בyaaqovJacobיַעֲקֹבnoun, proper name — “Jacob”H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarchJacob.לְדַבֵּ֖רledaberto speakדָבַרpreposition, verb, piel, infinitive construct — “to speak”, the to-form of the verbH1696perhaps 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.אִתּֽוֹitvoamongאֵתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;

World English Bible

Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.

Darby Translation

And Hamor the father of Shechem came out to Jacob, to speak to him.

Douay-Rheims

And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Emmor the father of Sychem went forth to Jacob, to speak to him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξῆλθε δὲ Ἐμμὼρ ὁ πατὴρ Συχὲμ πρὸς Ἰακὼβ, λαλῆσαι αὐτῷ.