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Genesis 23:13 — King James Version← Study notes

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.


Genesis 23:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 23:1321 words
וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange
אֶלʾelNear
עֶפְרוֹןʿep̄ərwōnEphron
בְּאָזְנֵיbəʾāzənêIn broadness
עַםʿamPeople
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
אִםʾimLo!
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
לוּIf
שְׁמָעֵנִיšəmāʿēnîHear
נָתַתִּיnātatîGive
כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
קַחqaḥTake
מִמֶּנִּיmimenîPart
וְאֶקְבְּרָהwəʾeqəbərāhAnd inter
אֶתʾet
מֵתִיmētîDie
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange
אֶלʾelNear
עֶפְרוֹןʿep̄ərwōnEphron
בְּאָזְנֵיbəʾāzənêIn broadness
עַםʿamPeople
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
אִםʾimLo!
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
לוּIf
שְׁמָעֵנִיšəmāʿēnîHear
נָתַתִּיnātatîGive
כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
קַחqaḥTake
מִמֶּנִּיmimenîPart
וְאֶקְבְּרָהwəʾeqəbərāhAnd inter
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
מֵתִיmētîDie
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere

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