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The lifeחַיֵּיof Sarahשָׂרָהwasוַיִּהְיוּa hundredמֵאָהand twenty-sevenוְעֶשְׂרִים וְשֶׁבַעyears;שָׁנָה שָׁנָה שָׁנִיםthese were the yearsשְׁנֵיof the lifeחַיֵּיof Sarah.שָׂרָה
Genesis 23:1
Study it in the app“The life of Sarah was a hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 23:1, word by word
- The lifeחַיֵּיchaye
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaye” appears- of Sarahשָׂרָהsara
Sarah
Sarah, the name God gave to Sarai, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. It means "princess".
Where else “sara” appears- wasיִּהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- and twenty-sevenעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- and twenty-sevenשֶׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
age
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
To study Genesis 23 in a group
1. What it says
What did Abraham do when Sarah died, and how did he obtain a place to bury her (vv. 2-16)?
2. What it means
What does the conversation at the city gate show about how Abraham treats the sons of Heth and Ephron (vv. 7-16)?
3. How I live it
How can you walk with someone who is grieving this week?