“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
HebrewMeaning
שְׁמָעֵ֣/נוּšəmāʿēnw
listen to usverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אֲדֹנִ֗/יʾădōniy
O lord mynounH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
נְשִׂ֨יאnəśiyʾ
are a prince ofnounH5387
chief · cloud · governor · prince ···
אֱלֹהִ֤יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אַתָּה֙ʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
בְּ/תוֹכֵ֔/נוּbətwōkēnw
in midst of uspronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
בְּ/מִבְחַ֣רbəmibəḥar
in the choicest ofpronH4005
chosen
קְבָרֵ֔י/נוּqəbārēynw
burial sites ournounH6913
grave · sepulchre
קְבֹ֖רqəbōr
buryverbH6912
in any wise
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מֵתֶ֑/ךָmētekā
dead yourverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
anyonenounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
מִמֶּ֔/נּוּmimenw
of uspronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
קִבְר֛/וֹqibərwō
burial site hisnounH6913
grave · sepulchre
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִכְלֶ֥הyikəleh
he will withholdverbH3607
forbid · keep · refrain · restrain ···
מִמְּ/ךָ֖miməkā
from youpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
מִ/קְּבֹ֥רmiqəbōr
from buryingpronH6912
in any wise
מֵתֶֽ/ךָmētekā
dead yourverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
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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