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Genesis 49:29

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← Genesis 49:28	Genesis 49:29 (KJV)	Genesis 49:30 →
All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel: and this [is it] that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.	And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite,	In the cave that [is] in the field of Machpelah, which [is] before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he charged^H6680 them, and said^H559 unto them, I am to be gathered^H622 unto my people^H5971: bury^H6912 me with my fathers^H1 in the cave^H4631 that is in the field^H7704 of Ephron^H6085 the Hittite^H2850,

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Original Hebrew

וַיְצַו אֹותָם וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם אֲנִי נֶאֱסָף אֶל־עַמִּי קִבְרוּ אֹתִי אֶל־אֲבֹתָי אֶל־הַמְּעָרָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׂדֵה עֶפְרֹון הַחִתִּי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְצַ֣ו	va/y.Tzav	H6680	HC/Vpw3ms	and/ he commanded
אוֹתָ֗/ם	'o.Ta/m	H853	HTo/Sp3mp	(obj.)/ them
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אֲלֵ/הֶם֙	'a.le./Hem	H413	HR/Sp3mp	to/ them
אֲנִי֙	'a.Ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
נֶאֱסָ֣ף	ne.'e.Saf	H622	HVNsmsa	(am) about to be gathered
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
עַמִּ֔/י	'a.M/i	H5971	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	people/ my
קִבְר֥וּ	kiv.Ru	H6912	HVqv2mp	bury
אֹתִ֖/י	'o.T/i	H853	HTo/Sp1cs	(obj.)/ me
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	with
אֲבֹתָ֑/י	'a.vo.Ta/i	H1	HNcmpc/Sp1cs	fathers/ my
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	into
הַ֨/מְּעָרָ֔ה	ha./me.'a.Rah	H4631	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ cave
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
בִּ/שְׂדֵ֖ה	bi/s.Deh	H7704	HR/Ncmsc	(is) in/ (the) field of
עֶפְר֥וֹן	ef.Ron	H6085	HNp	Ephron
הַֽ/חִתִּֽי	Ha./chi.Ti	H2850	HTd/Ngmsa	the/ Hittite

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

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H622 — אָסַף (ʼâçaph, aw-saf'): a primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.); assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly, withdraw.
• H2850 — חִתִּי (Chittîy, khit-tee'): patronymically from חֵת; a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth; Hittite, Hittities.
• H4631 — מְעָרָה (mᵉʻârâh, meh-aw-raw'): from עוּר; a cavern (as dark); cave, den, hole.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• 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).
• H6680 — צָוָה (tsâvâh, tsaw-vaw'): a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin; appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
• H6912 — קָבַר (qâbar, kaw-bar'): a primitive root; to inter; [idiom] in any wise, bury(-ier).
• 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.

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).
• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• 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)

• bury me — Genesis 15:15, Genesis 25:8-17, Genesis 35:29, Hebrews 12:23
• Ephron — Genesis 50:13
• gathered — Romans 12:6-21
• in the cave — Genesis 47:30, 2 Samuel 19:37

Reciprocal references (8): Genesis 23:19, Genesis 25:9, Genesis 49:33, Genesis 50:5, Genesis 50:12, Numbers 20:24, John 11:38, Acts 7:16

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: DEAD, THE
• Torrey’s: BURIAL, HOLY LAND
• Nave’s: BURIAL, CAVE, DEATH, EPHRON, JACOB

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