King James Version

Genesis 23:5

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

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וַיַּעֲנ֧וּvayaanvand shoutעָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and shout”, the next action in the storyH6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announcegive account, afflict (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter,…בְנֵיvenesonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […חֵ֛תchetHethחֵתnoun, proper name — “Heth”H2845Cheth, an aboriginal CanaaniteHeth.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אַבְרָהָ֖םavrahamAbrahamאַבְרָהָםnoun, proper name — “Abraham”H85Abraham, the later name of AbramAbraham.לֵאמֹ֥רlemorto sayאָמַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to say”, the to-form of the verbH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…לֽוֹlvotoלֽוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him:

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

Young’s Literal Translation

And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him,

World English Bible

The children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

Darby Translation

And the sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,

Douay-Rheims

The children of Heth answered, saying:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him:

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the sons of Chet answered to Abraam, saying, Not so, Sir,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπεκρίθησαν δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ Χὲτ πρὸς Ἁβραὰμ, λέγοντες, μὴ, κύριε.