Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleOn hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. Young's Literal Translation And all the masters{.htm" title="{"> of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith, King James Bible And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. Hebrew On hearing of this,וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ (way·yiš·mə·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently all כָּֽל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the leaders בַּעֲלֵ֖י (ba·‘ă·lê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1167: A master, a husband, owner in the tower מִֽגְדַּל־ (miḡ·dal-) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4026: A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowers of Shechem שְׁכֶ֑ם (šə·ḵem) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor entered וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go the inner chamber צְרִ֔יחַ (ṣə·rî·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6877: Perhaps excavation, underground chamber of the temple בֵּ֖ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1004: A house of El-berith. בְּרִֽית׃ (bə·rîṯ) Noun - proper Strong's 1286: A Shechemite deity |