Study it in the app““No, my lord, hear me: the field I give you, and the cave that is in it I give it to you. In the sight of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.””
“No,לֹאmy lord,אֲדֹנִיhear me:שְׁמָעֵנִיthe fieldהַשָּׂדֶהI giveנָתַתִּיyou,לָךְand the caveוְהַמְּעָרָהthatאֲשֶׁרis in itבּוֹI give itנְתַתִּיהָto you.לְךָIn the sightלְעֵינֵיof the sonsבְנֵיof my peopleעַמִּיI give itנְתַתִּיהָto you;לָּךְburyקְבֹרyour dead.”מֵתֶךָ
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemae” appearsfarmland
Land that is farmed.
Where else “sade” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appearscave
Cave.
Where else “meara” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearskin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “ami” appearsbury
Bury.
Where else “kevor” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mete” appears10Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11 · This verse (above)
12Abraham bowed down before the people of the land,
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?
