Genesis 23:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

Young's Literal Translation
and he speaketh with them, saying, ‘If it is your desire to bury my dead from before me, hear me, and meet for me with Ephron, son of Zoar;

King James Bible
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,

Hebrew
“If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you are willing
נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם (nap̄·šə·ḵem)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

for me to bury
לִקְבֹּ֤ר (liq·bōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6912: To inter

my dead,”
מֵתִי֙ (mê·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

he said
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (way·ḏab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

to them,
אִתָּ֖ם (’it·tām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

“listen to me,
שְׁמָע֕וּנִי (šə·mā·‘ū·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

and approach
וּפִגְעוּ־ (ū·p̄iḡ·‘ū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 6293: To impinge, by accident, violence, by importunity

Ephron
בְּעֶפְר֥וֹן (bə·‘ep̄·rō·wn)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6085: Ephron -- a Hittite, also a mountain and a place in Israel

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Zohar
צֹֽחַר׃ (ṣō·ḥar)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6714: Zohar -- a Hittite, also two Israelites

on my behalf
לִ֖י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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