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אוּת ʼûwth — properly, to come, i.e. (implied) to assent

pronounced ooth · Strong's H225 · 4 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Niph'al

Translated in the KJV as consent.

a primitive root; properly, to come, i.e. (implied) to assent.

ʼûwth in each stem

Niph'al

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Cohortative 1Wayyiqtol 1

נֵא֣וֹת Gen 34:15 Imperfect (yiqtol), 1st person common plural

But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; (KJV)

יֵאֹ֨תוּ Gen 34:22 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. (KJV)

נֵא֣וֹתָה Gen 34:23 Cohortative, 1st person common plural

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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