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וַיָּ֧קָם אַבְרָהָ֛ם וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ לְעַם־הָאָ֖רֶץ לִבְנֵי־חֵֽת׃ 8 וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתָּ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־יֵ֣שׁ אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם לִקְבֹּ֤ר אֶת־מֵתִי֙ מִלְּפָנַ֔י שְׁמָע֕וּנִי וּפִגְעוּ־לִ֖י בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן בֶּן־צֹֽחַר׃ 9 וְיִתֶּן־לִ֗י אֶת־מְעָרַ֤ת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה֙ אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּקְצֵ֣ה שָׂדֵ֑הוּ בְּכֶ֨סֶף מָלֵ֜א יִתְּנֶ֥נָּה לִ֛י בְּתוֹכְכֶ֖ם לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָֽבֶר׃

Vocabulary

Verse 7

            שׁתח  verb: “bow down”

            חת  name: “Heth”

Verse 8

            קבר  verb: “bury”

            פגע  verb: “entreat, encounter with a request” (BDB, 803)

            עפרון  name: “Ephron”

            צחר  name: “Zohar”

Verse 9

            מערה  noun: “cave” (BDB, 792)

            מכפלה  name: “Machpelah”

            קצה  noun: “end, extremity”

מלא  adjective: “full”

אחזה  noun: “possession”

קבר  noun: “grave, burial site”

Syntax & Misc.

Verse 7

• Sentence Typology 1 (וַיָּ֧קָם אַבְרָהָ֛ם): V-S
• Sentence Typology 2 (וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ לְעַם־הָאָ֖רֶץ לִבְנֵי־חֵֽת): V-M
• The verb שׁתח is commonly sequenced with לְ.
• The second lamed prepositional clause is in apposition to the previous one.

Verse 8

• Sentence Typology 1 (וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אִתָּ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר אִם־יֵ֣שׁ אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם לִקְבֹּ֤ר אֶת־מֵתִי֙ מִלְּפָנַ֔י):
• Embedded Typology 1 (אִם־יֵ֣שׁ אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם לִקְבֹּ֤ר אֶת־מֵתִי֙ מִלְּפָנַ֔י): V-O-M
• The particile אִם marks the of protasis a conditional sentence with the affirmative existence (GKC 159v).
• The idiom, אִם־יֵ֣שׁ אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם “if it is your soul,” is a volitionary statement, or wish.  
• Embedded Typology A (לִקְבֹּ֤ר אֶת־מֵתִי֙ מִלְּפָנַ֔י): V-O-M
• The separative מִן preposition denotes a distance from someone.
• Embedded Typology 2 (שְׁמָע֕וּנִי):V-O
• The apodosis of the conditional sentence is marked by this asyndetic imperative (GKC 159v).
• GKC explains the second syllable qames instead of the expected patah (61g).
• Embedded Typology 3 (וּפִגְעוּ־לִ֖י בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן בֶּן־צֹֽחַר): V-M-O
• With the verb פגע the person encountered/entreated commonly is sequenced with בְּ.
• The lamed designates on whose behalf the request is asked.
• Outside of chapter twenty-three, Ephron is mentioned only in Genesis 25:9; 49:29, 30; 50:13.

Verse 9

• Sentence Typology 1 (וְיִתֶּן־לִ֗י אֶת־מְעָרַ֤ת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה֙ אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּקְצֵ֣ה שָׂדֵ֑הוּ): V-IO-O-M
• Embedded Typology 1 (ל֔וֹ): P
• The lamed shows possession.
• Embedded Typology 2 (בִּקְצֵ֣ה שָׂדֵ֑הוּ): P
• The beth marks location—“which is at the end of his field.”
• Sentence Typology 1 (בְּכֶ֨סֶף מָלֵ֜א יִתְּנֶ֥נָּה לִ֛י בְּתוֹכְכֶ֖ם לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָֽבֶר): M-V-O-IO-M
• The beth pretti (a subcategory of the instrumental beth) denotes the means, or price, needed for the acquisition of something.
• The feminine suffix attached to the verb refers to the cave, מערה.

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