Original Language Studio
Genesis 23:15
“My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אָדוֹןʼâdôwn · aw-done'
H113 · Hebrew
H113 · Hebrew
- Definition
- sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
- Derivation
- or (shortened) אָדֹן; from an unused root (meaning to rule);
- KJV renderings
- lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.
- Grammar
- אֲדֹנִ֣ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 329 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:3Genesis 18:12Genesis 19:2Genesis 23:6Genesis 23:11
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָדוֹן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.