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Genesis 50:13 — King James Version← Study notes

For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.


Genesis 50:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 50:1323 words
וַיִּשְׂאוּwayiśəʾûAnd lift
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
בָנָיוvānāywSon
אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
וַיִּקְבְּרוּwayiqəbərûAnd inter
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
בִּמְעָרַתbiməʿāratIn cavern
שְׂדֵהśədēhField
הַמַּכְפֵּלָהhamaḵəpēlāhThe Makpelah
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
קָנָהqānāhErect
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶתʾet
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
לַאֲחֻזַּתlaʾăḥuzatTo seized
קֶבֶרqeverSepulchre
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
עֶפְרֹןʿep̄ərōnEphron
הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
מַמְרֵאmamərēʾMamre
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׂאוּwayiśəʾûAnd lift
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
בָנָיוvānāywSon
אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
וַיִּקְבְּרוּwayiqəbərûAnd inter
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
בִּמְעָרַתbiməʿāratIn cavern
שְׂדֵהśədēhField
הַמַּכְפֵּלָהhamaḵəpēlāhThe Makpelah
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
קָנָהqānāhErect
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַשָּׂדֶהhaśādehThe field
לַאֲחֻזַּתlaʾăḥuzatTo seized
קֶבֶרqeverSepulchre
מֵאֵתmēʾētFrom nearness
עֶפְרֹןʿep̄ərōnEphron
הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite
עַלʿalAbove
פְּנֵיpənêFace
מַמְרֵאmamərēʾMamre

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