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He spokeוַיְדַבֵּרwith them,אִתָּםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Ifאִםit is your willיֵשׁ אֶת נַפְשְׁכֶםthat I buryלִקְבֹּרmy deadאֶת מֵתִיout of my sight,מִלְּפָנַיhear meשְׁמָעוּנִיand intercedeוּפִגְעוּfor meלִיwith Ephronבְּעֶפְרוֹןsonבֶּןof Zohar,צֹחַר
Genesis 23:8
Study it in the app“He spoke with them, saying, “If it is your will that I bury my dead out of my sight, hear me and intercede for me with Ephron son of Zohar,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 23:8, word by word
- He spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- it is your willנַפְשְׁnafsh
appetite
Hunger or craving; the throat.
Where else “nafsh” appears- that I buryקְבֹּרkebor
bury
Bury.
Where else “kebor” appears- my deadמֵתִmeti
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “meti” appears- out of my sightפָנַfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears- hear meשְׁמָעוּshemau
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemau” appears- and intercedeפִגְעוּfigu
intercede
To plead for another before someone who can help.
Where else “figu” appears- with Ephronעֶפְרוֹןefron
Ephron
Ephron, the Hittite who owned the field and the cave of Machpelah; also the name of places.
Where else “efron” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Zoharצֹחַרtsochar
Zohar
Zohar, the father of Ephron the Hittite; also an Israelite.
Where else “tsochar” appears
The context
7Abraham rose and bowed down to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
8 · This verse (above)
9that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which belongs to him, which is at the end of his field. For the full amount of silver let him give it to me among you as a possession for a grave.”
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?