Genesis 23:6

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Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

In other translations

Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

Hebrew words

שְׁמָעֵנוּ׀shema'enulisten to usH8085אֲדֹנִי'adoniO lord myH113נְשִׂיאnesi'[are] a prince ofH5387אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430אַתָּה'atahyouH859בְּתוֹכֵנוּbetokhenuin midst of usH8432בְּמִבְחַרbemivcharin [the] choicest ofH4005קְבָרֵינוּkevareinuburial sites ourH6913קְבֹרkevorburyH6912אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853מֵתֶךָmetekhadead yourH4191אִישׁ'ishanyoneH376מִמֶּנּוּmimenuof usH4480אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853קִבְרוֹkivroburial site hisH6913לֹא־lo'-notH3808יִכְלֶהyikhlehhe will withholdH3607מִמְּךָmimekhafrom youH4480מִקְּבֹרmikevorfrom buryingH6912מֵתֶךָ׃metekhadead yourH4191

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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