Genesis 23:5
Strong's Lexicon
The Hittites
בְנֵי־ (ḇə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

חֵ֛ת (ḥêṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2845: Heth = 'terror' 1) a son of Canaan and the progenitor of the Hittites

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

replied
וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ (way·ya·‘ă·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6030: 1) to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to answer, respond to 1a2) to testify, respond as a witness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to make answer 1b2) to be answered, receive answer 2) (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully 3) (Qal) to dwell

to Abraham,
אַבְרָהָ֖ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 85: Abraham = 'father of a multitude' or 'chief of multitude' 1) friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

לֵאמֹ֥ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The Hittites replied to Abraham,

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Hittites replied to Abraham,

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

King James Bible
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The Hittites replied to Abraham,

New Living Translation
The Hittites replied to Abraham,

English Standard Version
The Hittites answered Abraham,

New American Standard Bible
The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

King James Bible
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Hittites replied to Abraham,"

International Standard Version
The Hittites responded to Abraham,

NET Bible
The sons of Heth answered Abraham,

American Standard Version
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

English Revised Version
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him,
















Cross References
Genesis 10:15
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Genesis 23:6
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.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 23:3
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

Genesis 23:2
And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

Genesis 23:7
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

Genesis 23:8
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
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