Genesis

Genesis 23:15–16

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 23:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Listen to me	שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי	šə·mā·‘ê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H8085 hear
my lord	אֲדֹנִ֣י	’ă·ḏō·nî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H113 lord
The land	אֶרֶץ֩	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
four	אַרְבַּ֨ע	’ar·ba‘	Number - feminine singular construct	H702 four
hundred	מֵאֹ֧ת	mê·’ōṯ	Number - feminine plural construct	H3967 hundred
shekels	שֶֽׁקֶל־	še·qel-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8255 shekel
of silver	כֶּ֛סֶף	ke·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
but what	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
is that	הִ֑וא	hî	Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
between you and me	בֵּינִ֥י	bê·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H996 interval, space between
Bury	קְבֹֽר׃	qə·ḇōr	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H6912 bury
your dead	מֵתְךָ֖	mê·ṯə·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H4191 die

Genesis 23:16

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Abraham	אַבְרָהָם֮	’aḇ·rā·hām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H85 Abraham
agreed	וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע	way·yiš·ma‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8085 hear
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Ephron’s terms	עֶפְרוֹן֒	‘ep̄·rō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6085 Ephron
and	אַבְרָהָם֙	’aḇ·rā·hām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H85 Abraham
weighed out	וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤ל	way·yiš·qōl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H8254 weigh
the price	הַכֶּ֕סֶף	hak·ke·sep̄	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
he had named	דִּבֶּ֖ר	dib·ber	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
in the hearing	בְּאָזְנֵ֣י	bə·’ā·zə·nê	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct	H241 ear
of the Hittites	בְנֵי־	ḇə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
four	אַרְבַּ֤ע	’ar·ba‘	Number - feminine singular construct	H702 four
hundred	מֵאוֹת֙	mê·’ō·wṯ	Number - feminine plural	H3967 hundred
shekels	שֶׁ֣קֶל	še·qel	Noun - masculine singular construct	H8255 shekel
of silver	כֶּ֔סֶף	ke·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
according to the standard	עֹבֵ֖ר	‘ō·ḇêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
of the merchants	לַסֹּחֵֽר׃	las·sō·ḥêr	Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5503 travel round, palpitate

Cross-references

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

Genesis 23:15 Ezekiel 45:12

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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.