Genesis 23:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֶלʾelNear

עֶפְרוֹןʿep̄ərwōnEphron

וַיִּשְׁקֹלwayišəqōlAnd suspend

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

לְעֶפְרֹןləʿep̄ərōnTo Ephron

אֶתʾet—

הַכֶּסֶףhakesep̄The silver

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

דִּבֶּרdiberArrange

בְּאָזְנֵיbəʾāzənêIn broadness

בְנֵיvənêSon

חֵתḥētCheth

אַרְבַּעʾarəbaʿFour

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שֶׁקֶלšeqelWeight

כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver

עֹבֵרʿōvērCross

לַסֹּחֵרlasōḥērTo travel round

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁמַעwayišəmaʿAnd hear

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֶלʾelNear

עֶפְרוֹןʿep̄ərwōnEphron

וַיִּשְׁקֹלwayišəqōlAnd suspend

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

לְעֶפְרֹןləʿep̄ərōnTo Ephron

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַכֶּסֶףhakesep̄The silver

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

דִּבֶּרdiberArrange

בְּאָזְנֵיbəʾāzənêIn broadness

בְנֵיvənêSon

חֵתḥētCheth

אַרְבַּעʾarəbaʿFour

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שֶׁקֶלšeqelWeight

כֶּסֶףkesep̄Silver

עֹבֵרʿōvērCross

לַסֹּחֵרlasōḥērTo travel round

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