Genesis 23:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure”
Genesis 23:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 23:1720 words
וַיָּקָםwayāqāmAnd rise
שְׂדֵהśədēhField
עֶפְרוֹןʿep̄ərwōnEphron
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בַּמַּכְפֵּלָהbamaḵəpēlāhIn Makpelah
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לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
מַמְרֵאmamərēʾMamre
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
וְהַמְּעָרָהwəhaməʿārāhAnd the cavern
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בּוֹbwōIn
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
הָעֵץhāʿēṣThe tree
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בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
גְּבֻלוֹgəvulwōCord
סָבִיבsāvîvCircle
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