“And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.”
Genesis 23:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 23:1620 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֣עwayišəmaʿ
and he listenedconjH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אַבְרָהָם֮ʾabərāhām
AbrahamnounH85
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
עֶפְרוֹן֒ʿepərwōn
EphronnounH6085
Ephrain
וַ/יִּשְׁקֹ֤לwayišəqōl
and he weighed outconjH8254
receive · spend · throughly · weigh
אַבְרָהָם֙ʾabərāhām
AbrahamnounH85
לְ/עֶפְרֹ֔ןləʿepərōn
for EphronpronH6085
Ephrain
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/כֶּ֕סֶףhakesep
the moneyparticleH3701
price · silver
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
דִּבֶּ֖רdiber
he had spokenverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
בְּ/אָזְנֵ֣יbəʾāzənēy
in the ears ofpronH241
advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···
בְנֵיbənēy
the people ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
חֵ֑תḥēt
HethnounH2845
אַרְבַּ֤עʾarəbaʿ
fouradjH702
מֵאוֹת֙mēʾwōt
hundredadjH3967
-th) · sixscore
שֶׁ֣קֶלšeqel
shekels ofnounH8255
כֶּ֔סֶףkesep
silvernounH3701
price · silver
עֹבֵ֖רʿōbēr
passing alongverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
לַ/סֹּחֵֽרlasōḥēr
to the traderpronH5503
merchant · occupy with · pant · trade ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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