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Genesis 23:16 Interlinear

hearkened And Abraham to Ephron weighed And Abraham to Ephron of silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels of silver current money with the merchant

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּשְׁמַ֣עH8085hearkenedto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
2אַבְרָהָם֙H85And Abrahamabraham, the later name of abram
3אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
4לְעֶפְרֹ֔ןH6085to Ephronephron, the name of a canaanite and of two places in palestine
5וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤לH8254weighedto suspend or poise (especially in trade)
6אַבְרָהָם֙H85And Abrahamabraham, the later name of abram
7לְעֶפְרֹ֔ןH6085to Ephronephron, the name of a canaanite and of two places in palestine
8אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
9כֶּ֔סֶףH3701of silversilver (from its pale color); by implication, money
10אֲשֶׁ֥רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
11דִּבֶּ֖רH1696which he had namedperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
12בְּאָזְנֵ֣יH241in the audiencebroadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
13בְנֵיH1121of the sonsa son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
14חֵ֑תH2845of Hethcheth, an indigenous canaanite
15אַרְבַּ֤עH702fourfour
16מֵאוֹת֙H3967hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
17שֶׁ֣קֶלH8255shekelsprobably a weight; used as a commercial standard
18כֶּ֔סֶףH3701of silversilver (from its pale color); by implication, money
19עֹבֵ֖רH5674currentto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
20לַסֹּחֵֽר׃H5503money with the merchantto travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate

Verse Context

Genesis 23:15My lord hearken unto me the land is worth four hundred shekels...
Genesis 23:16 (current)hearkened And Abraham to Ephron weighed And Abraham to Ephron of silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth four hundred shekels of silver current money with the merchant
Genesis 23:17were made sure And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah ...

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