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“My lord,אֲדֹנִיhear me:שְׁמָעֵנִיa piece of landאֶרֶץworth fourאַרְבַּעhundredמֵאֹתshekelsשֶׁקֶלof silver,כֶּסֶףbetween meבֵּינִיand you,וּבֵינְךָwhatמַהis that?הִואSo buryוְ קְבֹרyour dead.”אֶת מֵתְךָ
Genesis 23:15
Study it in the app““My lord, hear me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, between me and you, what is that? So bury your dead.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 23:15, word by word
- “My lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- hear meשְׁמָעֵshemae
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemae” appears- a piece of landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- worth fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- hundredמֵאֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- shekelsשֶׁקֶלshekel
shekel
Shekel: a weight of about 11 grams. Since there were no coins, silver was weighed, so a shekel is also an amount of money.
Where else “shekel” appears- of silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- So buryקְבֹרkevor
bury
Bury.
Where else “kevor” appears- your deadמֵתְmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears
The context
14Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
15 · This verse (above)
16Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current among the merchants.
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?