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וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ אֹת֜וֹ יִצְחָ֤ק וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ בָּנָ֔יו אֶל־מְעָרַ֖ת הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה אֶל־שְׂדֵ֞ה עֶפְרֹ֤ן בֶּן־צֹ֙חַר֙ הַֽחִתִּ֔י אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מַמְרֵֽא׃ 10 הַשָּׂדֶ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־קָנָ֥ה אַבְרָהָ֖ם מֵאֵ֣ת בְּנֵי־חֵ֑ת שָׁ֛מָּה קֻבַּ֥ר אַבְרָהָ֖ם וְשָׂרָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ 11 וַיְהִ֗י אַחֲרֵי֙ מ֣וֹת אַבְרָהָ֔ם וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֑וֹ וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יִצְחָ֔ק עִם־בְּאֵ֥ר לַחַ֖י רֹאִֽי׃ ס

Vocabulary

Verse 9

            קבר  verb: “bury”

            ישׁמעאל  name: “Ishmael”

            מערה  noun (fs construct): “cave” (BDB, 792)

            מכפלה  name: “Machpelah”

            עפרון  name: “Ephron”

            צחר  name: “Zohar”

            חתי  name: “Hittite”

            ממרא  name: “Mamre”

Verse 10

            קנה verb: “buy”

            חת  name: “Heth”

            שֹרה  name: “Sarah”

Verse 11

            באר לחי ראי  name: “Beer lahai-roi”

Syntax & Misc.

Verse 9

• Sentence Typology 1 (וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ אֹת֜וֹ יִצְחָ֤ק וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ בָּנָ֔יו אֶל־מְעָרַ֖ת הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה אֶל־שְׂדֵ֞ה עֶפְרֹ֤ן בֶּן־צֹ֙חַר֙ הַֽחִתִּ֔י אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מַמְרֵֽא): V-O-S-M
• The 3ms suffix attached to the definite direct object marker, אתו, refers to Abraham.
• The plural subject includes both Isaac and Ishmael to which בניו is in apposition.
• The relative clause serves to modify the noun, שֹדה.

Verse 10

• Sentence Typology 1 (הַשָּׂדֶ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־קָנָ֥ה אַבְרָהָ֖ם מֵאֵ֣ת בְּנֵי־חֵ֑ת שָׁ֛מָּה קֻבַּ֥ר אַבְרָהָ֖ם וְשָׂרָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ): M-V-S-M
• This clause is asyndetic to the previous clause.  Serving to describe further the place of Abraham’s burial.
• The adverbial modifiers of location, שׁמה is resumptive of השֹדה, are fronted together with a descriptive relative clause (Embedded clause A).
• The Pual verb, קֻבַּר, is used passively—“were buried.”  The verb is singular with a compound subject.
• Embedded Typology A (קָנָ֥ה אַבְרָהָ֖ם מֵאֵ֣ת בְּנֵי־חֵ֑ת): V-S-M

Verse 11

• Sentence Typology 1 (וַיְהִ֗י אַחֲרֵי֙ מ֣וֹת אַבְרָהָ֔ם): V-M
• The verb, ויהי, is used as a temporal marker.
• Sentence Typology 2 (וַיְבָ֥רֶךְ אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֑וֹ): V-S-O
• The coordination may be best understood as “that.”
• “His son,” בנו, is in apposition to the proper name, Isaac.
• Sentence Typology 3 (וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יִצְחָ֔ק עִם־בְּאֵ֥ר לַחַ֖י רֹאִֽי): V-S-M
• The final phrase may be understood as a proper name or as a name of a certain well, באר.

וַיִּתֵּ֧ן אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֖וֹ לְיִצְחָֽק׃ 6 וְלִבְנֵ֤י הַפִּֽילַגְשִׁים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם נָתַ֥ן אַבְרָהָ֖ם מַתָּנֹ֑ת וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֞ם מֵעַ֨ל יִצְחָ֤ק בְּנוֹ֙ בְּעוֹדֶ֣נּוּ חַ֔י קֵ֖דְמָה אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ קֶֽדֶם׃ 7 וְאֵ֗לֶּה יְמֵ֛י שְׁנֵֽי־חַיֵּ֥י אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־חָ֑י מְאַ֥ת שָׁנָ֛ה וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְחָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃ 8 וַיִּגְוַ֨ע וַיָּ֧מָת אַבְרָהָ֛ם בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה זָקֵ֣ן וְשָׂבֵ֑עַ וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף אֶל־עַמָּֽיו׃

Vocabulary

Verse 5

            יצחק  name: “Isaac”

Verse 6

            פילגשׁ  “concubine” (BDB, 811)

            מתנת  “gifts” (BDB, 682)

            בעוד  “while yet” (BDB, 728)

            קדם  “eastward” (BDB, 870)

Verse 7

            יום  “day” (plural יָמִים used commonly for “years”)

            חיים  “life”

            חיה  verb: “live”

Verse 8

            גוע  verb: “expire, die” (BDB, 157)

            שֹיבה  “old age” (BDB, 966)

            שׁבע  adjective: “satisfied”

אסף  verb (Niphal waw-consecutive imperfect 3ms): “be gather, be removed, perish”

            עם  “kinsman” (BDB, 769)

Syntax & Misc.

Verse 5

• Sentence Typology 1 (וַיִּתֵּ֧ן אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֖וֹ לְיִצְחָֽק): V-S-O-IO
• The object contains an embedded relative clause
• The maqqep connects the entire object clause (GKC 16a).  The resulting series is given only one accent.
• Embedded Typology A (ל֖וֹ): P
• The lamed expresses possession.

Verse 6

• Sentence Typology 1 (וְלִבְנֵ֤י הַפִּֽילַגְשִׁים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם נָתַ֥ן אַבְרָהָ֖ם מַתָּנֹ֑ת): IO-V-S-O
• The initial waw marks a disjunction from the previous verse.
• The relative clause is used to express possession (i.e. modify the preceding noun).
• Sentence Typology 2 (וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֞ם מֵעַ֨ל יִצְחָ֤ק בְּנוֹ֙ בְּעוֹדֶ֣נּוּ חַ֔י קֵ֖דְמָה אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ קֶֽדֶם): V-O-M
• The verbal object is suffixed to the verb (Piel waw-consecutive imperfect 3ms w/ 3mp suffix).
• The adverbial modifier, קדמה, is marked by the directive he.  This adverb is further explained by the following phrase, אל־ארץ קדם.
• Embedded Typology A (בְּעוֹדֶ֣נּוּ חַ֔י): M-S-P
• The intervening temporal clause is verbless.

Verse 7

• Sentence Typology 1 (וְאֵ֗לֶּה יְמֵ֛י שְׁנֵֽי־חַיֵּ֥י אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־חָ֑י מְאַ֥ת שָׁנָ֛ה וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וְחָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים): S-P
• See GKC 134 concerning the syntax of numbering years.

Verse 8

• Sentence Typology 1 (וַיִּגְוַ֨ע): V
• Together with the following word, the verb forms a verbal hendiadys.
• Sentence Typology 2 (וַיָּ֧מָת אַבְרָהָ֛ם בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה זָקֵ֣ן וְשָׂבֵ֑עַ): V-S-M
• The final adjectives,ושֹבע  זקן, are substantives functioning in apposition to the preceding, שֹיבה.
• Sentence Typology 3 (וַיֵּאָ֖סֶף אֶל־עַמָּֽיו): V-M
• This is a common idiom used in death narratives (cf. Genesis 25:17, 35:29, 49:29, 33; Numbers 20:24, 27:13, 31:2; Deuteronomy 32:50; Judges 18:25; 1 Samuel 15:6; Psalm 26:9)

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