Genesis 23:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

Young's Literal Translation
‘Hear us, my lord; a prince of God [art] thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.’

King James Bible
Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

Hebrew
“Listen to us,
שְׁמָעֵ֣נוּ ׀ (šə·mā·‘ê·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

sir.
אֲדֹנִ֗י (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

You
אַתָּה֙ (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are God’s
אֱלֹהִ֤ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

chosen one
נְשִׂ֨יא (nə·śî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5387: An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist

among us.
בְּתוֹכֵ֔נוּ (bə·ṯō·w·ḵê·nū)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

Bury
קְבֹ֖ר (qə·ḇōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6912: To inter

your dead
מֵתֶ֑ךָ (mê·ṯe·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

in the finest
בְּמִבְחַ֣ר (bə·miḇ·ḥar)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4005: Choicest, best

of our tombs.
קְבָרֵ֔ינוּ (qə·ḇā·rê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 6913: A grave, sepulcher

None
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

of us
מִמֶּ֔נּוּ (mim·men·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

will withhold
יִכְלֶ֥ה (yiḵ·leh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3607: To shut up, restrain, withhold

his tomb
קִבְר֛וֹ (qiḇ·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6913: A grave, sepulcher

for burying
מִקְּבֹ֥ר (miq·qə·ḇōr)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6912: To inter

your dead.”
מֵתֶֽךָ׃ (mê·ṯe·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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