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Genesis 23:9

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And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,	That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.	And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, [even] of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

That he may give^H5414 me the cave^H4631 of Machpelah^H4375, which he hath, which is in the end^H7097 of his field^H7704; for as much^H4392 money^H3701 as it is worth^H4392 he shall give it^H5414 me for a possession^H272 of a buryingplace^H6913 amongst you^H8432.

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Original Hebrew

וְיִתֶּן־לִי אֶת־מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה אֲשֶׁר־לֹו אֲשֶׁר בִּקְצֵה שָׂדֵהוּ בְּכֶסֶף מָלֵא יִתְּנֶנָּה לִי בְּתֹוכְכֶם לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָבֶר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/יִתֶּן	ve./yi.ten-	H5414	HC/Vqj3ms	so/ may he give
לִ֗/י	L/i		HR/Sp1cs	to (the)/ me
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
מְעָרַ֤ת	me.'a.Rat	H4631	HNcfsc	(the) cave of
הַ/מַּכְפֵּלָה֙	ha./makh.pe.Lah	H4375	HTd/Np	(the)/ Machpelah
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	which
ל֔/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	(belongs) to (the)/ him
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
בִּ/קְצֵ֣ה	bi/k.Tzeh	H7097	HR/Ncbsc	(is) at/ (the) end of
שָׂדֵ֑/הוּ	sa.De./hu	H7704	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	field/ his
בְּ/כֶ֨סֶף	be./Khe.sef	H3701	HR/Ncmsa	for/ silver
מָלֵ֜א	ma.Le'	H4392	HAamsa	full
יִתְּנֶ֥/נָּה	yi.te.Ne./nah	H5414	HVqj3ms/Sp3fs	let him give/ it
לִ֛/י	l/i		HR/Sp1cs	to (the)/ me
בְּ/תוֹכְ/כֶ֖ם	be./tokh./Khem	H8432	HR/Ncmsc/Sp2mp	in/ midst of/ you
לַ/אֲחֻזַּת	la./'a.chu.zat-	H272	HR/Ncfsc	to/ a possession of
קָֽבֶר	Ka.ver	H6913	HNcmsa	a burial site

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

Strong's References

• H272 — אֲחֻזָּה (ʼăchuzzâh, akh-ooz-zaw'): feminine passive participle from אָחַז; something seized, i.e. a possession (especially of land); possession.
• H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
• H4375 — מַכְפֵּלָה (Makpêlâh, mak-pay-law'): from כָּפַל; a fold; Makpelah, a place in Palestine; Machpelah.
• H4392 — מָלֵא (mâlêʼ, maw-lay'): from מָלֵא; full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully; [idiom] she that was with child, fill(-ed, -ed with), full(-ly), multitude, as is worth.
• H4631 — מְעָרָה (mᵉʻârâh, meh-aw-raw'): from עוּר; a cavern (as dark); cave, den, hole.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H6913 — קֶבֶר (qeber, keh'-ber): or (feminine) קִבְרָה; from קָבַר; a sepulchre; burying place, grave, sepulchre.
• H7097 — קָצֶה (qâtseh, kaw-tseh'): or (negative only) קֵצֶה; from קָצָה; (used in a great variety of applications and idioms; compare קֵץ); an extremity; [idiom] after, border, brim, brink, edge, end, (in-) finite, frontier, outmost coast, quarter, shore, (out-) side, [idiom] some, ut(-ter-) most (part).
• H7704 — שָׂדֶה (sâdeh, saw-deh'): or שָׂדַי; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat); country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.
• H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

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

• 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).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• much money — Romans 12:17, Romans 13:8

Reciprocal references (1): Genesis 25:9

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: CAVES
• Torrey’s: BURIAL, MONEY
• Nave’s: ABRAHAM, BURIAL, CAVE, EPHRON, LAND, MACHPELAH, MONEY

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