חמס & שכם - Our Response to Kidnapping פרשת וישלח

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(ל) וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֜ב אֶל־שִׁמְע֣וֹן וְאֶל־לֵוִי֮ עֲכַרְתֶּ֣ם אֹתִי֒ לְהַבְאִישֵׁ֙נִי֙ בְּיֹשֵׁ֣ב הָאָ֔רֶץ בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י וּבַפְּרִזִּ֑י וַאֲנִי֙ מְתֵ֣י מִסְפָּ֔ר וְנֶאֶסְפ֤וּ עָלַי֙ וְהִכּ֔וּנִי וְנִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖י אֲנִ֥י וּבֵיתִֽי׃

(לא) וַיֹּאמְר֑וּ הַכְזוֹנָ֕ה יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה אֶת־אֲחוֹתֵֽנוּ׃ {פ}

(30) Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me, making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites; my fighters are few in number, so that if they unite against me and attack me, I and my house will be destroyed.”

(31) But they answered, “Should our sister be treated like a whore?”

  1. What did Yaakov claim happened or will happen because of the actions of שמוען and לוי?

    1. What does עֲכַרְתֶּם אֹתִי mean?

    2. What does לְהַבְאִישֵׁנִי mean?

  2. Fundamentally, did Yaakov agree or disagree with the actions of שמוען and לוי?

  3. How did שמוען and לוי’s response address Yaakov’s claim?

    1. What does הַכְזוֹנָה mean?

    2. To whom does יַעֲשֶׂה refer?