34:1 Now Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet 4 the young women 5 of the land.
1 tn The Hebrew statement apparently means “with my happiness.”
2 tn Heb “daughters.”
3 sn The name Asher (אָשֶׁר, ’asher) apparently means “happy one.” The name plays on the words used in the statement which appears earlier in the verse. Both the Hebrew noun and verb translated “happy” and “call me happy,” respectively, are derived from the same root as the name Asher.
4 tn Heb “went out to see.” The verb “to see,” followed by the preposition בְּ (bÿ), here has the idea of “look over.” The young girl wanted to meet these women and see what they were like.
5 tn Heb “daughters.”