Genesis 23:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.”

Genesis 23:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 23:620 words

שְׁמָעֵנוּšəmāʿēnûHear

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

נְשִׂיאnəśîʾExalted

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אַתָּהʾatāhThou

בְּתוֹכֵנוּbətwōḵēnûIn bisection

בְּמִבְחַרbəmivəḥarIn select

קְבָרֵינוּqəvārênûSepulchre

קְבֹרqəvōrInter

אֶתʾet—

מֵתֶךָmēteḵāDie

אִישׁʾîšMan

מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart

אֶתʾet—

קִבְרוֹqivərwōSepulchre

לֹאlōʾNot

יִכְלֶהyiḵəlehRestrict

מִמְּךָmiməḵāPart

מִקְּבֹרmiqəvōrFrom inter

מֵתֶךָmēteḵāDie

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

Word-by-word meanings

שְׁמָעֵנוּšəmāʿēnûHear

אֲדֹנִיʾădōnîSovereign

נְשִׂיאnəśîʾExalted

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אַתָּהʾatāhThou

בְּתוֹכֵנוּbətwōḵēnûIn bisection

בְּמִבְחַרbəmivəḥarIn select

קְבָרֵינוּqəvārênûSepulchre

קְבֹרqəvōrInter

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

מֵתֶךָmēteḵāDie

אִישׁʾîšMan

מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

קִבְרוֹqivərwōSepulchre

לֹאlōʾNot

יִכְלֶהyiḵəlehRestrict

מִמְּךָmiməḵāPart

מִקְּבֹרmiqəvōrFrom inter

מֵתֶךָmēteḵāDie

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