Genesis 25:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;”

Genesis 25:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 25:918 words

וַיִּקְבְּרוּwayiqəbərûAnd inter

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

וְיִשְׁמָעֵאלwəyišəmāʿēʾlAnd Jishmael

בָּנָיוbānāywSon

אֶלʾelNear

מְעָרַתməʿāratCavern

הַמַּכְפֵּלָהhamaḵəpēlāhThe Makpelah

אֶלʾelNear

שְׂדֵהśədēhField

עֶפְרֹןʿep̄ərōnEphron

בֶּןbenSon

צֹחַרṣōḥarTsochar

הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עַלʿalAbove

פְּנֵיpənêFace

מַמְרֵאmamərēʾMamre

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקְבְּרוּwayiqəbərûAnd inter

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

וְיִשְׁמָעֵאלwəyišəmāʿēʾlAnd Jishmael

בָּנָיוbānāywSon

אֶלʾelNear

מְעָרַתməʿāratCavern

הַמַּכְפֵּלָהhamaḵəpēlāhThe Makpelah

אֶלʾelNear

שְׂדֵהśədēhField

עֶפְרֹןʿep̄ərōnEphron

בֶּןbenSon

צֹחַרṣōḥarTsochar

הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עַלʿalAbove

פְּנֵיpənêFace

מַמְרֵאmamərēʾMamre

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