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Genesis 49:30 — King James Version← Study notes

In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.


Genesis 49:30Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 49:3020 words
בַּמְּעָרָהbaməʿārāhIn cavern
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בִּשְׂדֵהbiśədēhIn field
הַמַּכְפֵּלָהhamaḵəpēlāhThe Makpelah
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
מַמְרֵאmamərēʾMamre
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
קָנָהqānāhErect
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶתʾet
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
עֶפְרֹןʿep̄ərōnEphron
הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite
לַאֲחֻזַּתlaʾăḥuzatTo seized
קָבֶרqāverSepulchre
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

בַּמְּעָרָהbaməʿārāhIn cavern
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
בִּשְׂדֵהbiśədēhIn field
הַמַּכְפֵּלָהhamaḵəpēlāhThe Makpelah
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
מַמְרֵאmamərēʾMamre
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
קָנָהqānāhErect
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
עֶפְרֹןʿep̄ərōnEphron
הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite
לַאֲחֻזַּתlaʾăḥuzatTo seized
קָבֶרqāverSepulchre

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