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Genesis 23:4 — King James Version← Study notes

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.


Genesis 23:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 23:412 words
גֵּרgērGuest
וְתוֹשָׁבwətwōšāvAnd dweller
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
עִמָּכֶםʿimāḵemWith
תְּנוּtənûGive
לִיTo
אֲחֻזַּתʾăḥuzatSeized
קֶבֶרqeverSepulchre
עִמָּכֶםʿimāḵemWith
וְאֶקְבְּרָהwəʾeqəbərāhAnd inter
מֵתִיmētîDie
מִלְּפָנָיmiləp̄ānāyFrom to face
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

גֵּרgērGuest
וְתוֹשָׁבwətwōšāvAnd dweller
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
עִמָּכֶםʿimāḵemWith
תְּנוּtənûGive
לִיTo
אֲחֻזַּתʾăḥuzatSeized
קֶבֶרqeverSepulchre
עִמָּכֶםʿimāḵemWith
וְאֶקְבְּרָהwəʾeqəbərāhAnd inter
מֵתִיmētîDie
מִלְּפָנָיmiləp̄ānāyFrom to face

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