Genesis 23:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתָּ֣מָת שָׂרָ֗ה בְּקִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע הִ֥וא חֶבְר֖וֹן בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַיָּבֹא֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם לִסְפֹּ֥ד לְשָׂרָ֖ה וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

And wə-tāmāṯ Śārāh in qiryaṯ ʾarbaʿ she hîʾ Ḥeḇrôn in ʾereṣ Kənāʿan and wə-yāḇōʾ ʾAḇrāhām to lispōḏ for Śārāh and to liḇkōṯāh.

Grammar Details

• *wə-tāmāṯ*: conjunction + qal imperfect consecutive 3rd feminine singular - and she died
• *Śārāh*: proper noun, feminine singular - Sarah
• *qiryaṯ*: construct state feminine singular - city of
• *ʾarbaʿ*: numeral - four
• *hîʾ*: 3rd person feminine singular pronoun - she/it (is)
• *Ḥeḇrôn*: proper noun - Hebron
• *ʾereṣ*: construct state feminine singular - land of
• *Kənāʿan*: proper noun - Canaan
• *wə-yāḇōʾ*: conjunction + qal imperfect consecutive 3rd masculine singular - and he came
• *ʾAḇrāhām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abraham
• *lispōḏ*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to mourn/lament
• *liḇkōṯāh*: preposition + qal infinitive construct + 3rd feminine singular suffix - to weep for her

Word Meanings

• *wə-tāmāṯ*: and she died/expired
• *qiryaṯ ʾarbaʿ*: Kiriath-arba/City of Four
• *lispōḏ*: to mourn/lament/eulogize
• *liḇkōṯāh*: to weep for her/bewail her

Referenced Verses

• Gen 23:19 : 19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
• Gen 13:18 : 18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.
• Judg 1:10 : 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba); and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
• 1 Sam 20:31 : 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
• 1 Sam 28:3 : 3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
• 2 Sam 1:12 : 12 and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
• 2 Sam 1:17 : 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
• 2 Sam 2:11 : 11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
• 2 Sam 5:3 : 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel.
• 2 Sam 5:5 : 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
• 1 Chr 6:57 : 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
• 2 Chr 35:25 : 25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
• Jer 22:10 : 10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
• Jer 22:18 : 18 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, [saying] Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
• Ezek 24:16-18 : 16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet thou shalt neither mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. 17 Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. 18 So I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
• John 11:31 : 31 The Jews then who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, supposing that she was going unto the tomb to weep there.
• John 11:35 : 35 Jesus wept.
• Acts 8:2 : 2 And devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him.
• Gen 27:41 : 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
• Gen 50:10 : 10 And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
• Num 13:22 : 22 And they went up by the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
• Num 20:29 : 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
• Deut 34:8 : 8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.
• Josh 10:39 : 39 and he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king thereof.
• Josh 14:14-15 : 14 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite unto this day; because that he wholly followed Jehovah, the God of Israel. 15 Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba; [which Arba was] the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
• Josh 20:7 : 7 And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah.