Genesis
Genesis 23:15
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.”
Footnotes
- b 23:15 400 shekels is approximately 10.1 pounds or 4.6 kilograms of silver; also in verse 16.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| 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 |
Cross-references
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.