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Genesis 23:10 — King James Version← Study notes

And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,


Genesis 23:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 23:1018 words
וְעֶפְרוֹןwəʿep̄ərwōnAnd Ephron
יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
בְּנֵיbənêSon
חֵתḥētCheth
וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
עֶפְרוֹןʿep̄ərwōnEphron
הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite
אֶתʾet
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
בְּאָזְנֵיbəʾāzənêIn broadness
בְנֵיvənêSon
חֵתḥētCheth
לְכֹלləḵōlTo whole
בָּאֵיbāʾêGo
שַׁעַרšaʿarOpening
עִירוֹʿîrwōCity
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְעֶפְרוֹןwəʿep̄ərwōnAnd Ephron
יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit
בְּתוֹךְbətwōḵəIn bisection
בְּנֵיbənêSon
חֵתḥētCheth
וַיַּעַןwayaʿanAnd eye
עֶפְרוֹןʿep̄ərwōnEphron
הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
בְּאָזְנֵיbəʾāzənêIn broadness
בְנֵיvənêSon
חֵתḥētCheth
לְכֹלləḵōlTo whole
בָּאֵיbāʾêGo
שַׁעַרšaʿarOpening
עִירוֹʿîrwōCity
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

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