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Genesis 34:5

וְ יַעֲקֹב שָׁמַע כִּי טִמֵּא אֶת דִּינָה בִתֹּו וּ בָנָיו הָיוּ אֶת מִקְנֵהוּ בַּ שָּׂדֶה וְ הֶחֶרִשׁ יַעֲקֹב עַד בֹּאָם

And Heel has heard for he has made-unclean אֶת-Justice his built-one, and his builders have become את-his bought-one in the Field, and Heel has been dumb1062 until their coming in.


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Hebrew הֶחֱרִ֥שׁ hacheresh, he has been dumb. This verb has two definitions, to cut-in/plow and to be silent, dumb, deaf. See note on Gen 4:22, 24:21.