Genesis 23:15
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
113 [e]אֲדֹנִ֣י
’ă-ḏō-nî
My lordN-msc | 1cs
8085 [e]שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי
šə-mā-‘ê-nî,
listen to meV-Qal-Imp-ms | 1cs
776 [e]אֶרֶץ֩
’e-reṣ
The landN-fsc
702 [e]אַרְבַּ֨ע
’ar-ba‘
[is worth] fourNumber-fsc
3967 [e]מֵאֹ֧ת
mê-’ōṯ
hundredNumber-fpc
8255 [e]שֶֽׁקֶל־
še-qel-
shekelsN-msc
3701 [e]כֶּ֛סֶף
ke-sep̄
of silverN-ms
996 [e]בֵּינִ֥י
bê-nî
between mePrep | 1cs
996 [e]וּבֵֽינְךָ֖
ū-ḇê-nə-ḵā
and youConj-w | Prep | 2ms
4100 [e]מַה־
mah-
what [is]Interrog
1931 [e]הִ֑וא
thatPro-3fs
853 [e]וְאֶת־
wə-’eṯ-
soConj-w | DirObjM
4191 [e]מֵתְךָ֖
mê-ṯə-ḵā
your deadV-Qal-Prtcpl-msc | 2ms
6912 [e]קְבֹֽר׃
qə-ḇōr.
buryV-Qal-Imp-ms





















Hebrew Texts
בראשית 23:15 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
אֲדֹנִ֣י שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי אֶרֶץ֩ אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵאֹ֧ת שֶֽׁקֶל־כֶּ֛סֶף בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵֽינְךָ֖ מַה־הִ֑וא וְאֶת־מֵתְךָ֖ קְבֹֽר׃

בראשית 23:15 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
אדני שמעני ארץ ארבע מאת שקל־כסף ביני ובינך מה־הוא ואת־מתך קבר׃

בראשית 23:15 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
אדני שמעני ארץ ארבע מאת שקל־כסף ביני ובינך מה־הוא ואת־מתך קבר׃

בראשית 23:15 Hebrew Bible
אדני שמעני ארץ ארבע מאת שקל כסף ביני ובינך מה הוא ואת מתך קבר׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead."

King James Bible
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My lord, listen to me. Land worth 400 shekels of silver--what is that between you and me? Bury your dead."
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

is worth. Though the words 'is worth' are not in the Text, yet they are clearly implied, to adapt the Hebrew to the English idiom. A shekel, according to the general opinion, was equal in value to about

Genesis 23:16 And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the …

shekels.

Exodus 30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than …

Ezekiel 45:12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty …

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