Genesis

Genesis 23:4

⁴“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I	אָנֹכִ֖י	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
a foreigner	גֵּר־	gêr-	Noun - masculine singular	H1616 sojourner
and an outsider	וְתוֹשָׁ֥ב	wə·ṯō·wō·šāḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H8453 sojourner
among you	עִמָּכֶ֑ם	‘im·mā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H5973 with
Give	תְּנ֨וּ	tə·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H5414 give, put, set
me	לִ֤י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
a burial	קֶ֙בֶר֙	qe·ḇer	Noun - masculine singular	H6913 grave, sepulchre
site	אֲחֻזַּת־	’ă·ḥuz·zaṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H272 possession
among you	עִמָּכֶ֔ם	‘im·mā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural	H5973 with
so that I can 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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.