Genesis

Genesis 23:13–16

13and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”

14Ephron answered Abraham, 15“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver,b but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

16Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

Footnotes

  • b 23:15 400 shekels is approximately 10.1 pounds or 4.6 kilograms of silver; also in verse 16.

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Genesis 23:13

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
and saidוַיְדַבֵּ֨רway·ḏab·bêrConjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH1696 speak
toאֶל־’el-PrepositionH413 motion to
Ephronעֶפְר֜וֹן‘ep̄·rō·wnNoun - proper - masculine singularH6085 Ephron
in their presenceבְּאָזְנֵ֤יbə·’ā·zə·nêPreposition-b; Noun - feminine dual constructH241 ear
Ifאִם־’im-ConjunctionH518 if
youאַתָּ֥ה’at·tāhPronoun - second person masculine singularH859 thou
will pleaseל֖וּlūPrepositionH3863 if
listen to meשְׁמָעֵ֑נִיšə·mā·‘ê·nîVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singularH8085 hear
I will pay youנָתַ֜תִּיnā·ṯat·tîVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularH5414 give, put, set
the priceכֶּ֤סֶףke·sep̄Noun - masculine singular constructH3701 silver, money
of the fieldהַשָּׂדֶה֙haś·śā·ḏehArticle; Noun - masculine singularH7704 id.
Acceptקַ֣חqaḥVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH3947 take
it from meמִמֶּ֔נִּיmim·men·nîPreposition; first person common singularH4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
so that I may buryוְאֶקְבְּרָ֥הwə·’eq·bə·rāhConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singularH6912 bury
my deadמֵתִ֖יmê·ṯîVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH4191 die
thereשָֽׁמָּה׃šām·māhAdverb; third person feminine singularH8033 there, thither

Genesis 23:14

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Ephronעֶפְר֛וֹן‘ep̄·rō·wnNoun - proper - masculine singularH6085 Ephron
answeredוַיַּ֧עַןway·ya·‘anConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH6030 answer, respond
Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֖ם’aḇ·rā·hāmNoun - proper - masculine singularH85 Abraham

Genesis 23:15

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Listen to meשְׁמָעֵ֔נִיšə·mā·‘ê·nîVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singularH8085 hear
my lordאֲדֹנִ֣י’ă·ḏō·nîNoun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH113 lord
The landאֶרֶץ֩’e·reṣNoun - feminine singular constructH776 earth, land
fourאַרְבַּ֨ע’ar·ba‘Number - feminine singular constructH702 four
hundredמֵאֹ֧תmê·’ōṯNumber - feminine plural constructH3967 hundred
shekelsשֶֽׁקֶל־še·qel-Noun - masculine singular constructH8255 shekel
of silverכֶּ֛סֶףke·sep̄Noun - masculine singularH3701 silver, money
but whatמַה־mah-InterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
is thatהִ֑ואhîPronoun - third person feminine singularH1931 he, she
between you and meבֵּינִ֥יbê·nîPreposition; first person common singularH996 interval, space between
Buryקְבֹֽר׃qə·ḇōrVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH6912 bury
your deadמֵתְךָ֖mê·ṯə·ḵāVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singularH4191 die

Genesis 23:16

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Abrahamאַבְרָהָם֮’aḇ·rā·hāmNoun - proper - masculine singularH85 Abraham
agreedוַיִּשְׁמַ֣עway·yiš·ma‘Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH8085 hear
toאֶל־’el-PrepositionH413 motion to
Ephron’s termsעֶפְרוֹן֒‘ep̄·rō·wnNoun - proper - masculine singularH6085 Ephron
andאַבְרָהָם֙’aḇ·rā·hāmNoun - proper - masculine singularH85 Abraham
weighed outוַיִּשְׁקֹ֤לway·yiš·qōlConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH8254 weigh
the priceהַכֶּ֕סֶףhak·ke·sep̄Article; Noun - masculine singularH3701 silver, money
he had namedדִּבֶּ֖רdib·berVerb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularH1696 speak
in the hearingבְּאָזְנֵ֣יbə·’ā·zə·nêPreposition-b; Noun - feminine dual constructH241 ear
of the Hittitesבְנֵי־ḇə·nê-Noun - masculine plural constructH1121 son
fourאַרְבַּ֤ע’ar·ba‘Number - feminine singular constructH702 four
hundredמֵאוֹת֙mê·’ō·wṯNumber - feminine pluralH3967 hundred
shekelsשֶׁ֣קֶלše·qelNoun - masculine singular constructH8255 shekel
of silverכֶּ֔סֶףke·sep̄Noun - masculine singularH3701 silver, money
according to the standardעֹבֵ֖ר‘ō·ḇêrVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
of the merchantsלַסֹּחֵֽר׃las·sō·ḥêrPreposition-l, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH5503 travel round, palpitate

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Genesis 23:13 Romans 13:8

Genesis 23:15 Ezekiel 45:12

Genesis 23:16 Zechariah 11:12 · Jeremiah 32:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.