Genesis 23:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,”

Genesis 23:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 23:817 words

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange

אִתָּםʾitāmNearness

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

אִםʾimLo!

יֵשׁyēšIs

אֶתʾetNearness

נַפְשְׁכֶםnap̄əšəḵemBreathing creature

לִקְבֹּרliqəbōrTo inter

אֶתʾet—

מֵתִיmētîDie

מִלְּפָנַיmiləp̄ānayFrom to face

שְׁמָעוּנִיšəmāʿûnîHear

וּפִגְעוּûp̄igəʿûAnd impinge

לִיlîTo

בְּעֶפְרוֹןbəʿep̄ərwōnIn Ephron

בֶּןbenSon

צֹחַרṣōḥarTsochar

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

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