What Does Genesis 25:10 Mean in the King James?
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Hebrew links “was buried” with the word for “grave,” joining Abraham and Sarah’s burial to the field Abraham acquired.
THE MEANING
Here, the field Abraham secures becomes the shared resting place of him and Sarah. The verse holds their bond and their burial in the same particular ground.
THE ROOT
קֻבַּר
qubbar
GROWS FROM
קבר
Q-B-R
to bury, inter
The verse’s word for “was buried” belongs to the same root family as the Hebrew words for “grave” and “burial.” Hebrew keeps the act and its resting place linguistically connected: Abraham and Sarah are laid in the field he acquired.
ALSO GROWS
qever: grave, tomb
קֶבֶר
The noun for a grave grows from the same root as the verb “was buried,” linking the act to its place.
qevurah: burial, interment
קְבוּרָה
This word for burial shares the root and makes the connection between the act and the resting place explicit.
THE PATTERN
A named burial place keeps the dead connected to a particular ground and to the people buried there.
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.THE THREAD
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.The verb “buried” here carries the same קבר (Q-B-R) root as “was buried” in Genesis 25:10. This verse names more of the family gathered in that burial place, extending Abraham and Sarah’s shared resting ground into a family grave.
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