Genesis 34:22
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.

Young's Literal Translation
‘Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised;

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
But only
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

on this condition
בְּ֠זֹאת (bə·zōṯ)
Preposition-b | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

{will} the men
הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ (hā·’ă·nā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

agree
יֵאֹ֨תוּ (yê·’ō·ṯū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 225: To come, to assent

to dwell
לָשֶׁ֣בֶת (lā·še·ḇeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

with us
אִתָּ֔נוּ (’it·tā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

and be
לִהְי֖וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

one
אֶחָ֑ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

people:
לְעַ֣ם (lə·‘am)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

if all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

our men
זָכָ֔ר (zā·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2145: Remembered, a male

are circumcised
בְּהִמּ֥וֹל (bə·him·mō·wl)
Preposition-b | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4135: To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

they are.
הֵ֥ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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