Genesis 23:15
Bible › Genesis › Chapter 23 › Verse 15
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.“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
In other translations
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.“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
Hebrew words
אֲדֹנִי'adoniO lord myH113שְׁמָעֵנִיshema'enilisten to meH8085אֶרֶץ'eretzland ofH776אַרְבַּע'arba'fourH702מֵאֹתme'othundred<s>H3967שֶׁקֶל־shekel-shekel[s] ofH8255כֶּסֶףkesefsilverH3701בֵּינִיbeinibetween meH996וּבֵינְךָuveinekhaand between youH996מַה־mah-what?H4100הִואhi'[is] itH1931וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853מֵתְךָmetekhadead yourH4191קְבֹר׃kevorburyH6912
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ezekiel 45:12And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
- Exodus 30:13This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
- Exodus 30:15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
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