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to Abrahamלְאַבְרָהָםas a purchaseלְמִקְנָהin the sightלְעֵינֵיof the sonsבְנֵיof Heth,חֵתbefore allבְּכֹלwho went inבָּאֵיat the gateשַׁעַרof his city.עִירוֹ
Genesis 23:18
Study it in the app“to Abraham as a purchase in the sight of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 23:18, word by word
- to Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- as a purchaseמִקְנָהmikna
purchase
What is bought: an acquisition made with silver.
Where else “mikna” appears- in the sightעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Hethחֵתchet
Heth
Heth, son of Canaan, from whom the Hittites (the "sons of Heth") came.
Where else “chet” appears- who went inבָּאֵיbae
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bae” appears- at the gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- of his cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears
The context
17The field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which is facing Mamre, the field and the cave that was in it and all the trees that were in the field, that were within all its borders all around, were made over
18 · This verse (above)
19After this Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah facing Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan.
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?