Genesis 23:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.”

Genesis 23:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 23:1514 words

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

שְׁמָעֵנִיšəmāʿēnîHear

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

אַרְבַּעʾarəbaʿFour

מֵאֹתmēʾōtHundred

שֶׁקֶלšeqelWeight

כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver

בֵּינִיbênîBetween

וּבֵינְךָûvênəḵāAnd between

מַהmahWhat?

הִואhiwʾHe

וְאֶתwəʾet—

מֵתְךָmētəḵāDie

קְבֹרqəvōrInter

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

שְׁמָעֵנִיšəmāʿēnîHear

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

אַרְבַּעʾarəbaʿFour

מֵאֹתmēʾōtHundred

שֶׁקֶלšeqelWeight

כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver

בֵּינִיbênîBetween

וּבֵינְךָûvênəḵāAnd between

מַהmahWhat?

הִואhiwʾHe

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מֵתְךָmētəḵāDie

קְבֹרqəvōrInter

Explore community notes on Genesis 23:15

Study summaries, cross-references, and discussion