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 49:30 — Hebrew 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
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