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Genesis 23:1-6

1And Sarahשָׂרָ֔הsa.RahH8283was an hundredמֵאָ֥ה שָׁנָ֛הme.'Ah sha.NahH8141 H3967and sevenשָׁנָ֖ה וְשֶׁ֣בַעsha.Nah ve.She.va'H8141 H7651and twentyוְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםve.'es.RimH6242yearsשָׁנִ֑יםsha.NimH8141oldחַיֵּ֣יchai.YeiH2416: these werethe yearsשְׁנֵ֖יshe.NeiH8141of the lifeחַיֵּ֥יchai.YeiH2416of Sarahשָׂרָֽה׃sa.RahH8283.

2And Sarahשָׂרָ֗הsa.RahH8283diedוַתָּ֣מָתva.Ta.motH4191in Kirjath–arbaH7153; the same isHebronחֶבְר֖וֹןchev.RonH2275in the landבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of Canaanכְּנָ֑עַןke.Na.'anH3667:and Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamH85cameוַיָּבֹא֙vai.ya.Vo'H935to mournלִסְפֹּ֥דlis.PodH5594for Sarahלְשָׂרָ֖הle.sa.RahH8283,and to weepוְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ׃ve.liv.ko.TahH1058for her.

3And Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamH85stood upוַיָּ֙קָם֙vai.Ya.komH6965from beforeפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440his deadמֵת֑וֹme.ToH4191,and spakeוַיְדַבֵּ֥רvay.da.BerH1696unto the sonsבְּנֵי־be.nei-H1121of Hethחֵ֖תchetH2845,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

4I ama strangerגֵּר־ger-H1616and a sojournerוְתוֹשָׁ֥בve.to.ShavH8453with you: giveתְּנ֨וּte.NuH5414me a possessionאֲחֻזַּת־'a.chu.zat-H272of a buryingplaceקֶ֙בֶר֙ke.verH6913with you, that I may buryוְאֶקְבְּרָ֥הve.'ek.be.RahH6912my deadמֵתִ֖יme.TiH4191out of my sightמִלְּפָנָֽי׃mi.le.fa.NaiH6440.

5And the childrenבְנֵי־ve.nei-H1121of Hethחֵ֛תchetH2845answeredוַיַּעֲנ֧וּvai.ya.'a.NuH6030Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֖ם'av.ra.HamH85,sayingלֵאמֹ֥רle.MorH559unto him,

6Hear usשְׁמָעֵ֣נוּ׀she.ma.'E.nuH8085,my lordאֲדֹנִ֗י'a.do.NiH113: thou arta mightyאֱלֹהִ֤ים'E.lo.HimH430princeנְשִׂ֨יאne.Si'H5387among usבְּתוֹכֵ֔נוּbe.to.Khe.nuH8432:in the choiceבְּמִבְחַ֣רbe.miv.CharH4005of our sepulchresקְבָרֵ֔ינוּke.va.Rei.nuH6913buryקְבֹ֖רke.VorH6912thy deadמֵתֶ֑ךָme.Te.khaH4191;noneאִ֣ישׁ לֹֽא־'ish lo'-H376 H3808of us shall withholdיִכְלֶ֥הyikh.LehH3607from thee his sepulchreקִבְר֛וֹkiv.RoH6913,but that thou mayest buryמִקְּבֹ֥רmi.ke.VorH6912thy deadמֵתֶֽךָ׃me.Te.khaH4191.

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