Genesis 23:10

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעֶפְר֥וֹן יֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּת֣וֹךְ בְּנֵי־חֵ֑ת וַיַּעַן֩ עֶפְר֨וֹן הַחִתִּ֤י אֶת־אַבְרָהָם֙ בְּאָזְנֵ֣י בְנֵי־חֵ֔ת לְכֹ֛ל בָּאֵ֥י שַֽׁעַר־עִיר֖וֹ לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

And wə-ʿEp̄rôn yōšēḇ in midst of bənê-Ḥēṯ and wə-yaʿan ʿEp̄rôn haḤittî ʾeṯ-ʾAḇrāhām in bəʾāznê bənê-Ḥēṯ to all ləḵōl bāʾê gate of-šaʿar-his city ʿîrô lēʾmōr.

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʿEp̄rôn*: conjunction + proper noun - and Ephron
• *yōšēḇ*: qal active participle masculine singular - sitting/dwelling
• *bənê*: masculine plural construct - sons of
• *Ḥēṯ*: proper noun - Heth
• *wə-yaʿan*: conjunction + qal imperfect consecutive 3rd masculine singular - and he answered
• *haḤittî*: definite article + gentilic adjective masculine singular - the Hittite
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *ʾAḇrāhām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abraham
• *bəʾāznê*: preposition + feminine dual construct - in ears of
• *ləḵōl*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct - to all of
• *bāʾê*: qal active participle masculine plural construct - those entering
• *šaʿar*: masculine singular construct - gate of
• *ʿîrô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his city
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying

Word Meanings

• *yōšēḇ*: sitting/dwelling/residing
• *bəʾāznê*: in the ears of/in the hearing of
• *bāʾê šaʿar-ʿîrô*: those entering the gate of his city/citizens of his town

Referenced Verses

• Gen 34:20 : 20 Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,
• Gen 34:24 : 24 Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.
• Gen 23:18 : 18 Became the property of Abraham before the eyes of the children of Heth and of all who came into the town.
• Gen 24:10 : 10 And the servant took ten of his master's camels, and all sorts of good things of his master's, and went to Mesopotamia, to the town of Nahor.
• Ruth 4:1-4 : 1 And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated. 2 Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats. 3 Then he said to the near relation, Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is offering for a price that bit of land which was our brother Elimelech's: 4 And it was in my mind to give you the chance of taking it, with the approval of those seated here and of the responsible men of my people. If you are ready to do what it is right for a relation to do, then do it: but if you will not do it, say so to me now; for there is no one who has the right to do it but you, and after you myself. And he said, I will do it.
• Job 29:7 : 7 When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
• Isa 28:6 : 6 And a spirit of wisdom to the judge, and strength to those who keep back the attackers at the door of the town.
• Matt 9:1 : 1 And he got into a boat and went across and came to his town.
• Luke 2:3-4 : 3 And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town. 4 And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,