Genesis 23:6
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
מוּת
dead/ your
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מוּת
To die, to be put to death. Muth. The sting of death is sin. But death has been swallowed up in victory. Jesus holds the keys of death.
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מִן
from/ you
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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נָשִׂיא
are a prince of
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נָשִׂיא
properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
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כָּלָא
he will withhold
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כָּלָא
to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)
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קֶבֶר
burial site/ his
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קֶבֶר
a sepulchre
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קָבַר
bury
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קָבַר
to inter
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