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Genesis 23:16

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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.	And the field of Ephron, which [was] in Machpelah, which [was] before Mamre, the field, and the cave which [was] therein, and all the trees that [were] in the field, that [were] in all the borders round about, were made sure

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Abraham^H85 hearkened^H8085 unto Ephron^H6085; and Abraham^H85 weighed^H8254 to Ephron^H6085 the silver^H3701, which he had named^H1696 in the audience^H241 of the sons^H1121 of Heth^H2845, four^H702 hundred^H3967 shekels^H8255 of silver^H3701, current^H5674 money with the merchant^H5503.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁמַע אַבְרָהָם אֶל־עֶפְרֹון וַיִּשְׁקֹל אַבְרָהָם לְעֶפְרֹן אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּאָזְנֵי בְנֵי־חֵת אַרְבַּע מֵאֹות שֶׁקֶל כֶּסֶף עֹבֵר לַסֹּחֵר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֣ע	va/i.yish.Ma'	H8085	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he listened
אַבְרָהָם֮	'av.ra.Ham	H85	HNp	Abraham
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
עֶפְרוֹן֒	'ef.rOn	H6085	HNp	Ephron
וַ/יִּשְׁקֹ֤ל	va/i.yish.Kol	H8254	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he weighed out
אַבְרָהָם֙	'av.ra.Ham	H85	HNp	Abraham
לְ/עֶפְרֹ֔ן	le./'ef.Ron	H6085	HR/Np	for/ Ephron
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/כֶּ֕סֶף	ha./Ke.sef	H3701	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ money
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
דִּבֶּ֖ר	di.Ber	H1696	HVpp3ms	he had spoken
בְּ/אָזְנֵ֣י	be./'a.ze.Nei	H241	HR/Ncfdc	in/ (the) ears of
בְנֵי	ve.nei-	H1121	HNcmpc	(the) people of
חֵ֑ת	Chet	H2845	HNp	Heth
אַרְבַּ֤ע	'ar.Ba'	H702	HAcfsa	four
מֵאוֹת֙	me.'ot	H3967	HAcbpa	hundred(s)
שֶׁ֣קֶל	She.kel	H8255	HNcmsc	shekel(s) of
כֶּ֔סֶף	Ke.sef	H3701	HNcmsa	silver
עֹבֵ֖ר	'o.Ver	H5674	HVqrmsa	passing along
לַ/סֹּחֵֽר	la./so.Cher	H5503	HRd/Vqrmsa	to the/ trader

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

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Strong's References

• H85 — אַבְרָהָם (ʼAbrâhâm, ab-raw-hawm'): contracted from אָב and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram; Abraham.
• H241 — אֹזֶן (ʼôzen, o'-zen): from אָזַן; broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man); [phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.
• H702 — אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'): masculine אַרְבָּעָה; from רָבַע; four; four.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
• H2845 — חֵת (Chêth, khayth): from חָתַת; terror; Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite; Heth.
• H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
• H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
• H5503 — סָחַר (çâchar, saw-khar'): a primitive root; to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate; go about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.
• H5674 — עָבַר (ʻâbar, aw-bar'): a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation); alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
• H6085 — עֶפְרוֹן (ʻEphrôwn, ef-rone'): from the same as עֵפֶר; fawn-like; Ephron, the name of a Canaanite and of two places in Palestine; Ephron, Ephrain (from the margin).
• 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.
• H8254 — שָׁקַל (shâqal, shaw-kal'): a primitive root; to suspend or poise (especially in trade); pay, receive(-r), spend, [idiom] throughly, weigh.
• H8255 — שֶׁקֶל (sheqel, sheh'-kel): from שָׁקַל; 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:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת 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).

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