Genesis 23

Sarah dies at age 127; Avraham negotiates with the sons of Chet and purchases the cave of Makhpelah from Ephron the Hittite for 400 shekels of silver as a burial site.[1]

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Hear us Hear us my lord my lord a mighty prince exalted leader of of God mighty ones you are you among us in our midst in the choicest in the choicest of of our graves our burial-places bury bury! [direct object marker] object-marker your dead your dying one none man of us from us [direct object marker] object-marker his grave his burial-place will not not refuse he restrains from you from you from burying from burying your dead your dying one
Verse 6 שְׁמָעֵ֣/נוּ 𐤔𐤌𐤏/𐤍𐤅 shemaenu Hear us Hear us HVqv2ms/Sp1cp אֲדֹנִ֗/י 𐤀𐤃𐤍/𐤉 adoni my lord my lord HNcmsc/Sp1cs נְשִׂ֨יא 𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤀 nesi a mighty prince exalted leader of HNcmsc אֱלֹהִ֤ים 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 elohim Mulimu (Lozi) of God mighty ones HNcmpa אַתָּה֙ 𐤀𐤕𐤄 atah you are you HPp2ms בְּ/תוֹכֵ֔/נוּ 𐤁/𐤕𐤅𐤊/𐤍𐤅 betokhenu among us in our midst HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cp בְּ/מִבְחַ֣ר 𐤁/𐤌𐤁𐤇𐤓 bemivechar in the choicest in the choicest of HR/Ncmsc קְבָרֵ֔י/נוּ 𐤒𐤁𐤓𐤉/𐤍𐤅 qevareynu of our graves our burial-places HNcmpc/Sp1cp קְבֹ֖ר 𐤒𐤁𐤓 qevor bury bury! HVqv2ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] object-marker HTo מֵתֶ֑/ךָ 𐤌𐤕/𐤊 metekha your dead your dying one HVqrmsc/Sp2ms אִ֣ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish none man HNcmsa מִמֶּ֔/נּוּ 𐤌𐤌/𐤍𐤅 mimenu of us from us HR/Sp1cp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 [direct object marker] object-marker HTo קִבְר֛/וֹ 𐤒𐤁𐤓/𐤅 qivero his grave his burial-place HNcmsc/Sp3ms לֹֽא 𐤋𐤀 lo will not not HTn יִכְלֶ֥ה 𐤉𐤊𐤋𐤄 yikheleh refuse he restrains HVqi3ms מִמְּ/ךָ֖ 𐤌𐤌/𐤊 mimekha from you from you HR/Sp2ms מִ/קְּבֹ֥ר 𐤌/𐤒𐤁𐤓 miqevor from burying from burying HR/Vqc מֵתֶֽ/ךָ 𐤌𐤕/𐤊 metekha-2 your dead your dying one HVqrmsc/Sp2ms
and he spoke he declared with them with them saying to say if if / whether there is there exists (direct object marker) object-marker your willingness your living-being to bury to bury (direct object marker) object-marker my dead my dead one from before me from before my face listen to me Listen to me and intercede and encounter! for me — with Ephron in Ephrōn in Eferon son of son Zohar Tsochar Tsochar
Verse 8 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר 𐤅/𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 vayedaber and he spoke he declared HC/Vpw3ms אִתָּ֖/ם 𐤀𐤕/𐤌 itam with them with them HR/Sp3mp לֵ/אמֹ֑ר 𐤋/𐤀𐤌𐤓 lemor saying to say HR/Vqc אִם 𐤀𐤌 im if if / whether HC יֵ֣שׁ 𐤉𐤔 yesh there is there exists HTm אֶֽת 𐤀𐤕 et (direct object marker) object-marker HR נַפְשְׁ/כֶ֗ם 𐤍𐤐𐤔/𐤊𐤌 nafeshekhem your willingness your living-being HNcbsc/Sp2mp לִ/קְבֹּ֤ר 𐤋/𐤒𐤁𐤓 liqebor to bury to bury HR/Vqc אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 (direct object marker) object-marker HTo מֵתִ/י֙ 𐤌𐤕/𐤉 meti my dead my dead one HVqrmsc/Sp1cs מִ/לְּ/פָנַ֔/י 𐤌/𐤋/𐤐𐤍/𐤉 milefanay from before me from before my face HR/R/Ncbpc/Sp1cs שְׁמָע֕וּ/נִי 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤅/𐤍𐤉 shemauni listen to me Listen to me HVqv2mp/Sp1cs וּ/פִגְעוּ 𐤅/𐤐𐤂𐤏𐤅 ufigeu and intercede and encounter! HC/Vqv2mp לִ֖/י 𐤋/𐤉 li for me HR/Sp1cs בְּ/עֶפְר֥וֹן 𐤁/𐤏𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤍 beeferon with Ephron in Ephrōn in Eferon HR/Np בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben Bene (Bemba) son of son HNcmsc צֹֽחַר 𐤑𐤇𐤓 tsochar Zohar Tsochar Tsochar HNp
that he may give and may he give to me — [direct object marker] object-marker the cave cave of of Machpelah the Double the Makhepelah which that-which belongs to him — which that-which at the end at the extremity of of his field his open field for silver with silver full full let him give it may he give her to me — in your midst in your midst as a possession for a hereditary holding of of a burial place burial place
Verse 9 וְ/יִתֶּן 𐤅/𐤉𐤕𐤍 veyiten that he may give and may he give HC/Vqj3ms לִ֗/י 𐤋/𐤉 li to me HR/Sp1cs אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] object-marker HTo מְעָרַ֤ת 𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤕 mearat the cave cave of HNcfsc הַ/מַּכְפֵּלָה֙ 𐤄/𐤌𐤊𐤐𐤋𐤄 hamakhepelah of Machpelah the Double the Makhepelah HTd/Np אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which that-which HTr ל֔/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo belongs to him HR/Sp3ms אֲשֶׁ֖ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher-2 which that-which HTr בִּ/קְצֵ֣ה 𐤁/𐤒𐤑𐤄 biqetseh at the end at the extremity of HR/Ncbsc שָׂדֵ֑/הוּ 𐤔𐤃/𐤄𐤅 sadehu of his field his open field HNcmsc/Sp3ms בְּ/כֶ֨סֶף 𐤁/𐤊𐤎𐤐 bekhesef for silver with silver HR/Ncmsa מָלֵ֜א 𐤌𐤋𐤀 male full full HAamsa יִתְּנֶ֥/נָּה 𐤉𐤕𐤍/𐤍𐤄 yitenenah let him give it may he give her HVqj3ms/Sp3fs לִ֛/י 𐤋/𐤉 li-2 to me HR/Sp1cs בְּ/תוֹכְ/כֶ֖ם 𐤁/𐤕𐤅𐤊/𐤊𐤌 betokhekhem in your midst in your midst HR/Ncmsc/Sp2mp לַ/אֲחֻזַּת 𐤋/𐤀𐤇𐤆𐤕 laachuzat as a possession for a hereditary holding of HR/Ncfsc קָֽבֶר 𐤒𐤁𐤓 qaver of a burial place burial place HNcmsa
Now Ephron Ephrōn and Eferon was sitting dwelling-one of among in the midst of the sons of sons of Heth Heth Chet answered and he responded Ephron Dustling Eferon the Hittite the Hittite man the Chiti (direct object marker) object-marker Abraham Abraham Averaham in the hearing of in the ears of the sons of sons of Heth Heth Chet all to the entirety of who went in entering ones of the gate of gateway of his city his settlement-city saying to say
Verse 10 וְ/עֶפְר֥וֹן 𐤅/𐤏𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤍 veeferon Now Ephron Ephrōn and Eferon HC/Np יֹשֵׁ֖ב 𐤉𐤔𐤁 yoshev was sitting dwelling-one of HVqrmsa בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ 𐤁/𐤕𐤅𐤊 betokhe among in the midst of HR/Ncmsc בְּנֵי 𐤁𐤍𐤉 beney Bene (Bemba) the sons of sons of HNcmpc חֵ֑ת 𐤇𐤕 chet Heth Heth Chet HNp וַ/יַּעַן֩ 𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤍 vayaan answered and he responded HC/Vqw3ms עֶפְר֨וֹן 𐤏𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤍 eferon Ephron Dustling Eferon HNp הַ/חִתִּ֤י 𐤄/𐤇𐤕𐤉 hachiti the Hittite the Hittite man the Chiti HTd/Ngmsa אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et (direct object marker) object-marker HTo אַבְרָהָם֙ 𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤄𐤌 averaham Abraham Abraham Averaham HNp בְּ/אָזְנֵ֣י 𐤁/𐤀𐤆𐤍𐤉 beazeney in the hearing of in the ears of HR/Ncfdc בְנֵי 𐤁𐤍𐤉 veney Bene (Bemba) the sons of sons of HNcmpc חֵ֔ת 𐤇𐤕 chet-2 Heth Heth Chet HNp לְ/כֹ֛ל 𐤋/𐤊𐤋 lekhol all to the entirety of HR/Ncmsc בָּאֵ֥י 𐤁𐤀𐤉 baey who went in entering ones of HVqrmpc שַֽׁעַר 𐤔𐤏𐤓 shaar the gate of gateway of HNcmsc עִיר֖/וֹ 𐤏𐤉𐤓/𐤅 iro his city his settlement-city HNcfsc/Sp3ms לֵ/אמֹֽר 𐤋/𐤀𐤌𐤓 lemor saying to say HR/Vqc
No not my lord my lord hear me listen to me the field the open field I give I gave to you — and the cave and the cave that that-which in it — to you — I give it I have given her in the presence of to the eyes of sons of sons of my people my people I give it I have given her to you — bury bury! your dead your dying one
Verse 11 לֹֽא 𐤋𐤀 lo No not HTn אֲדֹנִ֣/י 𐤀𐤃𐤍/𐤉 adoni my lord my lord HNcmsc/Sp1cs שְׁמָעֵ֔/נִי 𐤔𐤌𐤏/𐤍𐤉 shemaeni hear me listen to me HVqv2ms/Sp1cs הַ/שָּׂדֶה֙ 𐤄/𐤔𐤃𐤄 hasadeh the field the open field HTd/Ncmsa נָתַ֣תִּי 𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉 natati I give I gave HVqp1cs לָ֔/ךְ 𐤋/𐤊 lakhe to you HR/Sp2fs וְ/הַ/מְּעָרָ֥ה 𐤅/𐤄/𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤄 vehamearah and the cave and the cave HC/Td/Ncfsa אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that that-which HTr בּ֖/וֹ 𐤁/𐤅 bo in it HR/Sp3ms לְ/ךָ֣ 𐤋/𐤊 lekha to you HR/Sp2ms נְתַתִּ֑י/הָ 𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉/𐤄 netatiha I give it I have given her HVqp1cs/Sp3fs לְ/עֵינֵ֧י 𐤋/𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 leeyney in the presence of to the eyes of HR/Ncbdc בְנֵי 𐤁𐤍𐤉 veney Bene (Bemba) sons of sons of HNcmpc עַמִּ֛/י 𐤏𐤌/𐤉 ami my people my people HNcmsc/Sp1cs נְתַתִּ֥י/הָ 𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉/𐤄 netatiha-2 I give it I have given her HVqp1cs/Sp3fs לָּ֖/ךְ 𐤋/𐤊 lakhe-2 to you HR/Sp2fs קְבֹ֥ר 𐤒𐤁𐤓 qevor bury bury! HVqv2ms מֵתֶֽ/ךָ 𐤌𐤕/𐤊 metekha your dead your dying one HVqrmsc/Sp2ms
and he spoke he declared to toward Ephron Dustling Eferon in the hearing of in the ears of the people gathered people of the land the earth saying to say but surely if if / whether you you please if only listen to me listen to me I give I gave money silver of the field the open field take Take! from me from me and I will bury and let me bury — object-marker my dead my dead one there to that place
Verse 13 וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨ר 𐤅/𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 vayedaber and he spoke he declared HC/Vpw3ms אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward HR עֶפְר֜וֹן 𐤏𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤍 eferon Ephron Dustling Eferon HNp בְּ/אָזְנֵ֤י 𐤁/𐤀𐤆𐤍𐤉 beazeney in the hearing of in the ears of HR/Ncfdc עַם 𐤏𐤌 am the people gathered people HNcmsc הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets of the land the earth HTd/Ncbsa לֵ/אמֹ֔ר 𐤋/𐤀𐤌𐤓 lemor saying to say HR/Vqc אַ֛ךְ 𐤀𐤊 akhe but surely HTa אִם 𐤀𐤌 im if if / whether HC אַתָּ֥ה 𐤀𐤕𐤄 atah you you HPp2ms ל֖וּ 𐤋𐤅 lu please if only HC שְׁמָעֵ֑/נִי 𐤔𐤌𐤏/𐤍𐤉 shemaeni listen to me listen to me HVqv2ms/Sp1cs נָתַ֜תִּי 𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉 natati I give I gave HVqp1cs כֶּ֤סֶף 𐤊𐤎𐤐 kesef money silver HNcmsc הַ/שָּׂדֶה֙ 𐤄/𐤔𐤃𐤄 hasadeh of the field the open field HTd/Ncmsa קַ֣ח 𐤒𐤇 qach take Take! HVqv2ms מִמֶּ֔/נִּי 𐤌𐤌/𐤍𐤉 mimeni from me from me HR/Sp1cs וְ/אֶקְבְּרָ֥ה 𐤅/𐤀𐤒𐤁𐤓𐤄 veeqeberah and I will bury and let me bury HC/Vqh1cs אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et object-marker HTo מֵתִ֖/י 𐤌𐤕/𐤉 meti my dead my dead one HVqrmsc/Sp1cs שָֽׁמָּ/ה 𐤔𐤌/𐤄 shamah there to that place HD/Sd
listened and he heard Abraham Abraham Averaham to toward Ephron Dustling Eferon weighed out and he weighed Abraham Abraham Averaham for Ephron to Ephron to Eferon [direct object marker] object-marker the silver the silver which that-which he had named he declared in the hearing of in the ears of the sons of sons of Heth Heth Chet four four hundred hundreds shekels weighing-unit of of silver silver current one crossing over with the merchant the trading-one
Verse 16 וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֣ע 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏 vayishema listened and he heard HC/Vqw3ms אַבְרָהָם֮ 𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤄𐤌 averaham Abraham Abraham Averaham HNp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward HR עֶפְרוֹן֒ 𐤏𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤍 eferon Ephron Dustling Eferon HNp וַ/יִּשְׁקֹ֤ל 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤒𐤋 vayisheqol weighed out and he weighed HC/Vqw3ms אַבְרָהָם֙ 𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤄𐤌 averaham-2 Abraham Abraham Averaham HNp לְ/עֶפְרֹ֔ן 𐤋/𐤏𐤐𐤓𐤍 leeferon for Ephron to Ephron to Eferon HR/Np אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] object-marker HTo הַ/כֶּ֕סֶף 𐤄/𐤊𐤎𐤐 hakesef the silver the silver HTd/Ncmsa אֲשֶׁ֥ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which that-which HTr דִּבֶּ֖ר 𐤃𐤁𐤓 diber he had named he declared HVpp3ms בְּ/אָזְנֵ֣י 𐤁/𐤀𐤆𐤍𐤉 beazeney in the hearing of in the ears of HR/Ncfdc בְנֵי 𐤁𐤍𐤉 veney Bene (Bemba) the sons of sons of HNcmpc חֵ֑ת 𐤇𐤕 chet Heth Heth Chet HNp אַרְבַּ֤ע 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏 areba four four HAcfsa מֵאוֹת֙ 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 meot hundred hundreds HAcbpa שֶׁ֣קֶל 𐤔𐤒𐤋 sheqel shekels weighing-unit of HNcmsc כֶּ֔סֶף 𐤊𐤎𐤐 kesef of silver silver HNcmsa עֹבֵ֖ר 𐤏𐤁𐤓 over current one crossing over HVqrmsa לַ/סֹּחֵֽר 𐤋/𐤎𐤇𐤓 lasocher with the merchant the trading-one HRd/Vqrmsa
was deeded and he rose up field open field of Ephron's Dustling Eferon which that-which in Machpelah in the Double-portion in Makhepelah which that-which before to the face of Mamre Mamre Mamere the field the open field and the cave and the cave that that-which in it — and all and whole of the trees the tree that that-which in the field in the open field that that-which within all in the whole of its borders his boundary around surrounding area
Verse 17 וַ/יָּ֣קָם 𐤅/𐤉𐤒𐤌 vayaqam was deeded and he rose up HC/Vqw3ms שְׂדֵ֣ה 𐤔𐤃𐤄 sedeh field open field of HNcmsc עֶפְר֗וֹן 𐤏𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤍 eferon Ephron's Dustling Eferon HNp אֲשֶׁר֙ 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher which that-which HTr בַּ/מַּכְפֵּלָ֔ה 𐤁/𐤌𐤊𐤐𐤋𐤄 bamakhepelah in Machpelah in the Double-portion in Makhepelah HRd/Np אֲשֶׁ֖ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher-2 which that-which HTr לִ/פְנֵ֣י 𐤋/𐤐𐤍𐤉 lifeney before to the face of HR/Ncbpc מַמְרֵ֑א 𐤌𐤌𐤓𐤀 mamere Mamre Mamre Mamere HNp הַ/שָּׂדֶה֙ 𐤄/𐤔𐤃𐤄 hasadeh the field the open field HTd/Ncmsa וְ/הַ/מְּעָרָ֣ה 𐤅/𐤄/𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤄 vehamearah and the cave and the cave HC/Td/Ncfsa אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher-3 that that-which HTr בּ֔/וֹ 𐤁/𐤅 bo in it HR/Sp3ms וְ/כָל 𐤅/𐤊𐤋 vekhal and all and whole of HC/Ncmsc הָ/עֵץ֙ 𐤄/𐤏𐤑 haets the trees the tree HTd/Ncmsa אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher-4 that that-which HTr בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֔ה 𐤁/𐤔𐤃𐤄 basadeh in the field in the open field HRd/Ncmsa אֲשֶׁ֥ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher-5 that that-which HTr בְּ/כָל 𐤁/𐤊𐤋 bekhal within all in the whole of HR/Ncmsc גְּבֻל֖/וֹ 𐤂𐤁𐤋/𐤅 gevulo its borders his boundary HNcmsc/Sp3ms סָבִֽיב 𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁 saviv around surrounding area HNcbsa
and after and after this thus buried he buried Abraham Abraham Averaham [direct object marker] object-marker Sarah Princess Sarah his wife his woman in toward the cave cave of of the field open field of Machpelah the Double the Makhepelah before upon the face of face of Mamre Mamre Mamere which is she Hebron Alliance-Place Cheveron in the land in land Canaan Kena'an Kenaan
Verse 19 וְ/אַחֲרֵי 𐤅/𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 veacharey and after and after HC/R כֵן֩ 𐤊𐤍 khen this thus HD קָבַ֨ר 𐤒𐤁𐤓 qavar buried he buried HVqp3ms אַבְרָהָ֜ם 𐤀𐤁𐤓𐤄𐤌 averaham Abraham Abraham Averaham HNp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] object-marker HTo שָׂרָ֣ה 𐤔𐤓𐤄 sarah Sarah Princess Sarah HNp אִשְׁתּ֗/וֹ 𐤀𐤔𐤕/𐤅 isheto his wife his woman HNcfsc/Sp3ms אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el in toward HR מְעָרַ֞ת 𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤕 mearat the cave cave of HNcfsc שְׂדֵ֧ה 𐤔𐤃𐤄 sedeh of the field open field of HNcmsc הַ/מַּכְפֵּלָ֛ה 𐤄/𐤌𐤊𐤐𐤋𐤄 hamakhepelah Machpelah the Double the Makhepelah HTd/Np עַל 𐤏𐤋 al before upon HR פְּנֵ֥י 𐤐𐤍𐤉 peney the face of face of HNcbpc מַמְרֵ֖א 𐤌𐤌𐤓𐤀 mamere Mamre Mamre Mamere HNp הִ֣וא 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hiv which is she HPp3fs חֶבְר֑וֹן 𐤇𐤁𐤓𐤅𐤍 cheveron Hebron Alliance-Place Cheveron HNp בְּ/אֶ֖רֶץ 𐤁/𐤀𐤓𐤑 beerets in the land in land HR/Ncbsc כְּנָֽעַן 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 kenaan Canaan Kena'an Kenaan HNp
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