Genesis 23:15

Genesis 23:15

My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

a. NLT: “My lord, please listen to me. The land is worth 400 piecesfn of silver, but what is that between friends? Go ahead and bury your dead.”

b. NIV: “Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

c. YLT: 'My lord, hear me: the land -- four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what is it? -- thy dead bury.'

d. Amplified Bible: My lord, listen to me. The land is worth 400 shekels of silver; what is that between you and me? So bury your dead.

e. Septuagint: Nay, my lord, I have heard indeed, the land [is worth] four hundred silver didrachmas, but what can this be between me and thee? nay, do thou bury thy dead.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: “My lord, heed me! Land worth four hundred silver shekels—between me and you---what is it? Bury your dead.”

1. “My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver…”

a. My lord [113 * 'adown; or (shortened) adon] [Strong: from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine):-- lord, master, owner.] 

b. hearken [8085 * shama`] [Strong: a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.):--X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.]

c. the land [776 * 'erets] [Strong: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.]

d. four [702 *  'arba`] [Strong:masculine oarbaah; from 7251; four:--four.]

e. hundred [3967 *  me'ah may-aw' or metyah {may-yaw'}; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:--hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.]

f. shekels [8255 * sheqel] [Strong: from 8254; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard:--shekel.]

g. of silver [3701 *  keceph] [Strong: from 3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money:--money, price, silver(-ling).]

2. “…what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.”

a. what is that betwixt me and thee [996 * beyn] [Strong: (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from 995; a distinction; but used only as a prep, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or:--among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), X in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.]

b. bury [6912 * qabar] [Strong: a primitive root; to inter:--X in any wise, bury(-ier).]

c. thy dead [4191 * muwth] [Strong:  a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill:--X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.]