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Lexicon :: Strong's H3967 - mē'â

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מֵאָה
Transliteration
mē'â
Pronunciation
may-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred
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TWOT Reference: 1135

Strong’s Definitions

מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x

The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x
The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

  1. hundred

    1. as simple number

    2. as part of larger number

    3. as a fraction - one one-hundredth (1/100)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.
STRONGS H3967: Abbreviations
I. מֵאָה 583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI20 מאתן (dual); SI5 מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאת מאתם (dual); Assyrian mê (probably, Dl§ 75), Tel Amarna mê-at WklTelAm 20*; Arabic bdb054703 Sabean מאת מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin 457; Ethiopic bdb054704; Aramaic מְאָה, bdb054705; Palmyrene תלת מאה 300VogPalm 6, 4; Nabataean מאה EutNab 8, 9); — מ׳ Genesis 6:3 144 times; construct מְאַת Genesis 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324 times (מֵאֹת only Genesis 5:4, 30); המאיות Kt 2 Kings 11:4 + 3 times 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם -) Genesis 11:19 + 76 times (but 1 Samuel 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu HPS); — hundred: —
1. as simple number:
a. absolute singular,
(1) following by singular of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); אִישׁ מ׳ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; אַמָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; כִּכָּר מ׳ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; אֶלֶף מ׳ = 100,000 1 Kings 20:29 + 6 times Kings Chronicles; compare also Genesis 17:17 (P), 2 Samuel 8:4; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, צאֹן 1 Kings 5:3;
(2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Genesis 26:12 (J), פְּעָמִים מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, נְבִיאִים מ׳ 1 Kings 18:4, etc.;
(3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Jeremiah 52:23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32;
(4) exceptional is מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 Samuel 16:1 (i.e. cakes);
(5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Judges 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Chronicles 12:14; מ׳ Proverbs 17:10 100 (blows), Ecclesiastes 6:3 100 (children), Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 (times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 see below
b. absolute dual,
(1) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, לֶחֶם מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, צִנָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, אֶלֶף מ׳ 1 Samuel 15:4 +, שָׁנָה מ׳ Genesis 11:23 (P);
(2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים מ׳ Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, דְּבֵלִים מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18, אֲנָשִׁים מ׳ 1 Samuel 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4;
(3) also preceded by plural noun: עִוִּים מ׳ Genesis 32:15, רְחֵלִים מ׳ Genesis 32:15 (E), הָרִמּוֺנִים מ׳ 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65;
(4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף מ׳ Judges 17:4;
(5) as predicate, רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:32 (33 van d. H).
c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת —
(1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ׳ captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +;
(2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 7:6, 300 men, compare Judges 7:7; Judges 7:8; Judges 7:16; Judges 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; שָׁנָה אַרְבַּע מ׳ Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; אֶלֶף חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:9 500,000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; רֶכֶב שֵׁשׁ מ׳ Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע מ׳ Judges 20:15, 16 700 men; חָלָל שְׁמֹנֶה מ׳ 2 Samuel 23:8 800 slain; רֶכֶב תְּשַׁע מ׳ Judges 4:3, 13 900 chariots;
(3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 15:4 300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Job 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.;
(4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun מִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ 1 Kings 11:3 300 concubines, compare 1 Kings 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after.collective noun בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 35:9;
(5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Exodus 30:24 (P);
(6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Genesis 45:22 (E), etc.
d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Genesis 11:10; Genesis 21:5; Genesis 25:7 (all P) + 25 times P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also with other numerals, see 2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 times (מֵאָה מְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Köii. 228 compare Ew§ 269 b. 279 e). — Nehemiah 5:11 see 3 below
2. as part of larger number:
a. usually preceding tens and units,
(1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Köii. 218 ff.): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8; שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and Nehemiah 7:31);
(2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה מֵאָה שָׁנִים וְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI5.6 DaExpos. Times. May, 1898).
b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Numbers 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Köii. 217 ff. DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges §§ 97, 134 and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).
3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3969.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:9; 5:23; 5:30; 6:1; 6:3; 11:10; 11:19; 11:23; 15:13; 17:17; 21:5; 23:1; 25:7; 26:12; 32:15; 32:15; 33:19; 45:22

Exodus

6:16; 12:27; 14:7; 18:21; 18:25; 30:24

Leviticus

26:8

Numbers

7:86

Deuteronomy

22:19

Joshua

7:21; 24:32

Judges

2:8; 4:3; 4:13; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:16; 7:19; 8:4; 15:4; 17:4; 20:10; 20:15; 20:16

1 Samuel

15:4; 18:27; 18:27; 25:18; 25:18; 29:2; 30:10; 30:21

2 Samuel

8:4; 8:4; 14:26; 15:11; 16:1; 16:1; 18:4; 23:8; 24:3; 24:9

1 Kings

5:3; 7:2; 7:20; 7:42; 10:14; 10:16; 11:3; 18:4; 18:13; 20:29

2 Kings

4:43; 11; 11:4; 11:4; 11:9; 11:10; 11:15; 23:33

1 Chronicles

4:42; 12:14; 12:32; 15:8; 18:4; 21:3; 25:9

2 Chronicles

3:16; 4:8; 4:13; 9:15; 13:17; 14:8; 25:6; 27:5; 29:32; 29:32; 35:9; 36:3

Ezra

2:65; 2:69; 8:4; 8:26; 8:26

Nehemiah

3:1; 5:11; 5:11; 7:24; 7:31; 12:39

Esther

1:4

Job

1:3

Proverbs

17:10

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12

Isaiah

65:20

Jeremiah

52:23

Ezekiel

40:19; 42:2

Amos

5:3

H3967

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Strong's Number H3967 matches the Hebrew מֵאָה (mē'â),
which occurs 583 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 11 (Gen 5:3–Gen 23:16)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:3 - And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth a son in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:4 - And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:5 - And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dieth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6 - And Seth liveth an hundred and five years, and begetteth Enos.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - And Seth liveth after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:8 - And all the days of Seth are nine hundred and twelve years, and he dieth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10 - And Enos liveth after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:11 - And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dieth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:13 - And Cainan liveth after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:14 - And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dieth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:16 - And Mahalaleel liveth after his begetting Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:17 - And all the days of Mahalaleel are eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he dieth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:18 - And Jared liveth an hundred and sixty and two years, and begetteth Enoch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:19 - And Jared liveth after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:20 - And all the days of Jared are nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he dieth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - And all the days of Enoch are three hundred and sixty and five years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 - And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - And Methuselah liveth after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:27 - And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28 - And Lamech liveth an hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth a son,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - And Lamech liveth after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety and five years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32 - And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:3 - And Jehovah saith, 'My Spirit doth not strive in man -- to the age; in their erring they are flesh:' and his days have been an hundred and twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15 - and this is that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits is the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:6 - and Noah is a son of six hundred years, and the deluge of waters hath been upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:24 - and the waters are mighty on the earth a hundred and fifty days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:3 - And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 - And it cometh to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, in the first of the month, the waters have been dried from off the earth; and Noah turneth aside the covering of the ark, and looketh, and lo, the face of the ground hath been dried.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:28 - And Noah liveth after the deluge three hundred and fifty years;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:29 - and all the days of Noah are nine hundred and fifty years, and he dieth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:10 - These are births of Shem: Shem is a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:11 - And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13 - And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:17 - And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:19 - And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21 - And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:23 - And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:25 - And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32 - And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - And Abram heareth that his brother hath been taken captive, and he draweth out his trained domestics, three hundred and eighteen, and pursueth unto Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - and He saith to Abram, 'knowing -- know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:17 - And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, 'To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah -- daughter of ninety years -- bear?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:5 - And Abraham is a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1 - And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years -- years of the life of Sarah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - 'My lord, hear me: the land -- four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what is it? -- thy dead bury.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - And Abraham hearkeneth unto Ephron, and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels, passing with the merchant.

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