{
"verseID": "Genesis.23.16",
"source": "וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע אַבְרָהָם֮ אֶל־עֶפְרוֹן֒ וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤ל אַבְרָהָם֙ לְעֶפְרֹ֔ן אֶת־הַכֶּ֕סֶף אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר בְּאָזְנֵ֣י בְנֵי־חֵ֑ת אַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ שֶׁ֣קֶל כֶּ֔סֶף עֹבֵ֖ר לַסֹּחֵֽר׃",
"text": "And *wə-yišmaʿ* *ʾAḇrāhām* to *ʿEp̄rôn* and *wə-yišqōl* *ʾAḇrāhām* for *ʿEp̄rôn* *ʾeṯ*-the *hakesep̄* which *ʾăšer* *dibbēr* in *bəʾāznê* *bənê*-*Ḥēṯ*, four *ʾarbaʿ* hundred *mēʾôṯ* *šeqel* *kesep̄* *ʿōḇēr* for the merchant *lassōḥēr*.",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yišmaʿ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect consecutive 3rd masculine singular - and he listened",
"*ʾAḇrāhām*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Abraham",
"*ʿEp̄rôn*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Ephron",
"*wə-yišqōl*": "conjunction + qal imperfect consecutive 3rd masculine singular - and he weighed out",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*hakesep̄*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the silver/money",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which",
"*dibbēr*": "piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - he spoke",
"*bəʾāznê*": "preposition + feminine dual construct - in ears of",
"*bənê*": "masculine plural construct - sons of",
"*Ḥēṯ*": "proper noun - Heth",
"*ʾarbaʿ*": "numeral feminine - four",
"*mēʾôṯ*": "feminine plural noun - hundreds",
"*šeqel*": "masculine singular construct - shekel",
"*kesep̄*": "masculine singular noun - silver",
"*ʿōḇēr*": "qal active participle masculine singular - passing current",
"*lassōḥēr*": "preposition + definite article + qal active participle masculine singular - for the merchant"
},
"variants": {
"*wə-yišmaʿ*": "and he listened/heeded/agreed",
"*wə-yišqōl*": "and he weighed out/paid",
"*ʿōḇēr lassōḥēr*": "current among merchants/accepted by merchants"
}
}