Genesis

Chapter 23

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Genesis 23:1 Gematria: 3623
ויהיו חיי שרה מאה שנה ועשרים שנה ושבע שנים שני חיי שרה
And will exist stomach of that hundred year tithe year swear change second stomach of that.and~they~will~EXIST(V) LIVING~s PRINCESS HUNDRED YEAR and~TWENTY YEAR and~SEVEN YEAR~s YEAR LIVING~s PRINCESSSarah’s lifetime—the span of Sarah’s life—came to one hundred and twenty-seven years.
Genesis 23:2 Gematria: 4536
ותמת שרה בקרית ארבע הוא חברון בארץ כנען ויבא אברהם לספד לשרה ולבכתה
That four he hhevron land kena'an father of a multitude to that window.and~she~will~DIE(V) PRINCESS in~THE.RIBAI THE.RIBAI HE IN.HHEVRON in~LAND AND.KENA'AN and~he~will~COME(V) AVRAHAM to~MOURN(V) to~PRINCESS and~to~WEEP(V)~herSarah died in Kiriath-arba—now Hebron—in the land of Canaan; and Abraham proceeded to mourn for Sarah and to bewail her.
Genesis 23:3 Gematria: 2124
ויקם אברהם מעל פני מתו וידבר אלבניחת לאמר
Father of a multitude above face of and he spoke saying.and~he~will~RAISE(V) AVRAHAM from~UPON FACE~s DIE(V)~ing~him and~he~will~much~SPEAK(V) TOWARD SON~s HETH to~SAY(V)Then Abraham rose from beside his dead, and spoke to the Hittites, saying,
Genesis 23:4 Gematria: 3526
גרותושב אנכי עמכם תנו לי אחזתקבר עמכם ואקברה מתי מלפני
Camel, i to me water, sea, waves mark, sign, cross of from before/in front of.STRANGER and~SOJOURNER I WITH~you(mp) GIVE(V)~you(mp) TO.ME~me HOLDINGS GRAVE WITH~you(mp) and~I~will~BURY(V) DIE(V)~ing~me from~to~FACE~s~me“I am a resident alien among you; sell me a burial site among you, that I may remove my dead for burial.”
Genesis 23:5 Gematria: 1568
ויענו בניחת אתאברהם לאמר לו
Father of a multitude saying to him.and~they~will~ANSWER(V) SON~s HETH AT AVRAHAM to~SAY(V) ASK~himAnd the Hittites replied to Abraham, saying to him,
Genesis 23:6 Gematria: 5805
שמענו אדני נשיא אלהים אתה בתוכנו במבחר קברינו קבר אתמתך איש ממנו אתקברו לאיכלה ממך מקבר מתך
That hear lord Elohiym you (m.sg.) in choose bury man from him/it from you bury.HEAR(V)~us LORD~me CHIEF POWER~s YOU in~IN.THE.MIDST.OF~us in~CHOSEN GRAVE~s~us BURY(V) AT DIE(V)~ing~you MAN FROM~us AT GRAVE~him NOT he~will~RESTRAIN(V) FROM~you from~BURY(V) DIE(V)~ing~you“Hear us, my lord: you are the elect of God among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places; none of us will withhold his burial place from you for burying your dead.”
Genesis 23:7 Gematria: 2070
ויקם אברהם וישתחו לעםהארץ לבניחת
Father of a multitude people the land to.and~he~will~RAISE(V) AVRAHAM and~he~will~self~BOW(V) to~PEOPLE the~LAND to~SON~s HETHThereupon Abraham bowed low to the landowning citizens, landowning citizens Heb. ‘am ha-’areṣ; lit. “people of the land.” See the Dictionary under ‘am. the Hittites,
Genesis 23:8 Gematria: 5008
וידבר אתם לאמר אםיש אתנפשכם לקבר אתמתי מלפני שמעוני ופגעולי בעפרון בןצחר
And he spoke them saying mother there is soul bury water, sea, waves mark, sign, cross of from before/in front of that and to me.and~he~will~much~SPEAK(V) AT~them to~SAY(V) IF THERE.IS AT BEING~you(mp) to~BURY(V) AT DIE(V)~ing~me from~to~FACE~s~me HEAR(V)~you(mp)~me and~MEET(V)~you(mp) ? in~IN.EPHRAIN SON AND.ETHNANand he said to them, “If it is your wish that I remove my dead for burial, you must agree to intercede for me with Ephron son of Zohar.
Genesis 23:9 Gematria: 5371
ויתןלי אתמערת המכפלה אשרלו אשר בקצה שדהו בכסף מלא יתננה לי בתוככם לאחזתקבר
And gave to me which to him which silver if to me to.and~he~will~GIVE(V) ? AT WEAPON the~HMKPLH WHICH ? WHICH in~END FIELD~him in~SILVER FULL he~will~GIVE(V)~her TO.ME~me in~IN.THE.MIDST.OF~you(mp) to~HOLDINGS GRAVELet him sell me the cave of Machpelah that he owns, which is at the edge of his land. Let him sell it to me, at the full price, for a burial site in your midst.”
Genesis 23:10 Gematria: 4996
ועפרון ישב בתוך בניחת ויען עפרון החתי אתאברהם באזני בניחת לכל באי שערעירו לאמר
He will swore in the midst of the hittite father of a multitude in all come of saying.and~IN.EPHRAIN SIT(V)~ing in~IN.THE.MIDST.OF SON~s HETH and~he~will~ANSWER(V) IN.EPHRAIN the~THE.HITTITE AT AVRAHAM in~EAR~s2 SON~s HETH to~ALL COME(V)~ing(p) GATE CITY~him to~SAY(V)Ephron was present among the Hittites; so Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, the assembly in his town’s gate, ” So NJPS, with a note: “I.e., all his fellow townsmen.” Cf. 34.20; Prov. 31.23. saying,

Translation Notes

* the assembly in his town’s gateLit. “all who entered the gate of his town.
Genesis 23:11 Gematria: 5569
לאאדני שמעני השדה נתתי לך והמערה אשרבו לך נתתיה לעיני בניעמי נתתיה לך קבר מתך
If lord that hear seed, fish, sprouting mark, sign, cross mark, sign, cross of walk and the from which has in it walk to heap of ruins; a canaanite city near bethel walk bury.NOT LORD~me HEAR(V)~me the~FIELD I~GIVE(V) WALK~you(f) and~the~WEAPON WHICH ? WALK~you I~GIVE(V)~her to~EYE~s2 SON~s PEOPLE~me I~GIVE(V)~her WALK~you(f) BURY(V) DIE(V)~ing~you“No, my lord, hear me: I give you the field and I give you the cave that is in it; I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
Genesis 23:12 Gematria: 1554
וישתחו אברהם לפני עם הארץ
Father of a multitude to face of people the land.and~he~will~self~BOW(V) AVRAHAM to~FACE~s PEOPLE the~LANDThen Abraham bowed low before the landowning citizens,
Genesis 23:13 Gematria: 5472
וידבר אלעפרון באזני עםהארץ לאמר אך אםאתה לו שמעני נתתי כסף השדה קח ממני ואקברה אתמתי שמה
And he spoke in people the land saying surely mother you (m.sg.) to him that hear seed, fish, sprouting mark, sign, cross mark, sign, cross of silver from me water, sea, waves mark, sign, cross of that i.and~he~will~much~SPEAK(V) TOWARD IN.EPHRAIN in~EAR~s2 PEOPLE the~LAND to~SAY(V) SURELY IF YOU IF HEAR(V)~me I~GIVE(V) SILVER the~FIELD TAKE(V) FROM~me and~I~will~BURY(V) AT DIE(V)~ing~me THEREand spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the landowning citizens, saying, “If only you would hear me out! Let me pay the price of the land; accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.”
Genesis 23:14 Gematria: 1498
ויען עפרון אתאברהם לאמר לו
Father of a multitude saying to him.and~he~will~ANSWER(V) IN.EPHRAIN AT AVRAHAM to~SAY(V) ASK~himAnd Ephron replied to Abraham, saying to him,
Genesis 23:15 Gematria: 3516
אדני שמעני ארץ ארבע מאת שקלכסף ביני ובינך מההוא ואתמתך קבר
Lord that hear land four from ~ from the and bury.LORD~me HEAR(V)~me LAND FOUR HUNDRED SHEQEL SILVER BETWEEN~me and~BETWEEN~you WATER HE and~AT DIE(V)~ing~you BURY(V)“My lord, do hear me! A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between you and me? Go and bury your dead.”
Genesis 23:16 Gematria: 5928
וישמע אברהם אלעפרון וישקל אברהם לעפרן אתהכסף אשר דבר באזני בניחת ארבע מאות שקל כסף עבר לסחר
And he heard father of a multitude father of a multitude silver which word in four silver.and~he~will~HEAR(V) AVRAHAM TOWARD IN.EPHRAIN and~he~will~WEIGH(V) AVRAHAM to~IN.EPHRAIN AT the~SILVER WHICH much~SPEAK(V) in~EAR~s2 SON~s HETH FOUR HUNDRED SHEQEL SILVER CROSS.OVER(V)~ing to~the~TRADE(V)~ingAbraham accepted Ephron’s terms. Abraham paid out to Ephron the money that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites—four hundred shekels of silver at the going merchants’ rate.
Genesis 23:17 Gematria: 5351
ויקם שדה עפרון אשר במכפלה אשר לפני ממרא השדה והמערה אשרבו וכלהעץ אשר בשדה אשר בכלגבלו סביב
Which in which to face of and the from which has in it and like eye which in which all camel, around.and~he~will~RAISE(V) FIELD IN.EPHRAIN WHICH in~the~HMKPLH WHICH to~FACE~s IMMER the~FIELD and~the~WEAPON WHICH ? and~ALL the~TREE WHICH in~the~FIELD WHICH in~ALL BORDER~him AROUNDSo Ephron’s land in Machpelah, near Mamre—the field with its cave and all the trees anywhere within the confines of that field—passed
Genesis 23:18 Gematria: 2064
לאברהם למקנה לעיני בניחת בכל באי שערעירו
To father of a multitude to possess to heap of ruins; a canaanite city near bethel all come of.to~AVRAHAM to~POSSESSION to~EYE~s2 SON~s HETH in~ALL COME(V)~ing(p) GATE CITY~himto Abraham as his possession, in the presence of the Hittites, of the assembly in his town’s gate.
Genesis 23:19 Gematria: 4970
ואחריכן קבר אברהם אתשרה אשתו אלמערת שדה המכפלה עלפני ממרא הוא חברון בארץ כנען
And bury father of a multitude that upon the face of he hhevron land kena'an.and~AFTER SO BURY(V) AVRAHAM AT PRINCESS WOMAN~him TOWARD WEAPON FIELD the~HMKPLH UPON FACE~s IMMER HE IN.HHEVRON in~LAND AND.KENA'ANAnd then Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field of Machpelah, facing Mamre—now Hebron—in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 23:20 Gematria: 3302
ויקם השדה והמערה אשרבו לאברהם לאחזתקבר מאת בניחתס
And the from which has in it to father of a multitude to from ~.and~he~will~RAISE(V) the~FIELD and~the~WEAPON WHICH ? to~AVRAHAM to~HOLDINGS GRAVE from~AT SON~s HETHThus the field with its cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham, as a burial site.