Genesis
Genesis 23:13
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.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and said | וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר | way·ḏab·bêr | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1696 speak |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Ephron | עֶפְר֜וֹן | ‘ep̄·rō·wn | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H6085 Ephron |
| in their presence | בְּאָזְנֵ֤י | bə·’ā·zə·nê | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct | H241 ear |
| If | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| you | אַתָּ֥ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| will please | ל֖וּ | lū | Preposition | H3863 if |
| listen to me | שְׁמָעֵ֑נִי | šə·mā·‘ê·nî | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular | H8085 hear |
| I will pay you | נָתַ֜תִּי | nā·ṯat·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| the price | כֶּ֤סֶף | ke·sep̄ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3701 silver, money |
| of the field | הַשָּׂדֶה֙ | haś·śā·ḏeh | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7704 id. |
| Accept | קַ֣ח | qaḥ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H3947 take |
| it from me | מִמֶּ֔נִּי | mim·men·nî | Preposition; first person common singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| so that I may bury | וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה | wə·’eq·bə·rāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H6912 bury |
| my dead | מֵתִ֖י | mê·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H4191 die |
| there | שָֽׁמָּה׃ | šām·māh | Adverb; third person feminine singular | H8033 there, thither |
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