Genesis 23:15

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Genesis 23:15


← Genesis 23:14 Genesis 23:15 (KJV) Genesis 23:16 →
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

My lordH113, hearkenH8085 unto me: the landH776 is worth fourH702 hundredH3967 shekelsH8255 of silverH3701; what is that betwixtH996 me and thee? buryH6912 therefore thy deadH4191.


Original Hebrew

אֲדֹנִי שְׁמָעֵנִי אֶרֶץ אַרְבַּע מֵאֹת שֶׁקֶל־כֶּסֶף בֵּינִי וּבֵינְךָ מַה־הִוא וְאֶת־מֵתְךָ קְבֹר׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
אֲדֹנִ֣/י
'a.do.N/i H113 HNcmsc/Sp1cs O lord/ my
שְׁמָעֵ֔/נִי
she.ma.'E./ni H8085 HVqv2ms/Sp1cs listen to/ me
אֶרֶץ֩
'e.Retz H776 HNcbsc land of
אַרְבַּ֨ע
'ar.Ba' H702 HAcfsa four
מֵאֹ֧ת
me.'Ot H3967 HAcbpa hundred(s)
שֶֽׁקֶל
she.kel- H8255 HNcmsc shekel(s) of
כֶּ֛סֶף
Ke.sef H3701 HNcmsa silver
בֵּינִ֥/י
bei./Ni H996 HR/Sp1cs between/ me
וּ/בֵֽינְ/ךָ֖
u./vei.ne./Kha H996 HC/R/Sp2ms and/ between/ you
מַה
mah- H4100 HTi what?
הִ֑וא
hi' H1931 HPp3fs (is) it
וְ/אֶת
ve./'Et H853 HC/To and/ (obj.)
מֵתְ/ךָ֖
me.te./Kha H4191 HVqrmsc/Sp2ms dead/ your
קְבֹֽר
ke.Vor H6912 HVqv2ms bury
Strong's References
  • H113 — אָדוֹן (ʼâdôwn, aw-done'): or (shortened) אָדֹן (ʼâdôn); from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine); lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.
  • H702 — אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'): masculine אַרְבָּעָה (ʼarbâʻâh); from רָבַע (râbaʻ) H7251; four; four.
  • H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  • H996 — בֵּין (bêyn, bane): (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין (bîyn) H995; a distinction; but used only as a preposition; between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or; among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
  • H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף (kâçaph) H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
  • H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה (mêʼyâh); properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
  • H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
  • H6912 — קָבַר (qâbar, kaw-bar'): a primitive root; to inter; [idiom] in any wise, bury(-ier).
  • H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
  • H8255 — שֶׁקֶל (sheqel, sheh'-kel): from שָׁקַל (shâqal) H8254; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard; shekel.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת (ʼôwth) H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
  • H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא (hîyʼ); a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
  • H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה (mah); or מָ (mâ); or מַ (ma); also מֶה (meh); a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
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Verse Cross-References

Reciprocal references (4): Genesis 20:16, Genesis 24:22, Job 28:1, Jeremiah 32:9

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