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Genesis 23:8

וַ יְדַבֵּר אִתָּם לֵ אמֹר אִם יֵשׁ אֶת נַפְשְׁכֶם לִ קְבֹּר אֶת מֵתִי מִ לְּ פָנַי שְׁמָעוּנִי וּ פִגְעוּ לִי בְּ עֶפְרֹון בֶּן צֹחַר

And he is ordering את-themselves, to say, `If there exists אֶת-a breath of yourselves to bury אֶת-my dying-one from-to the faces of myself, hear me, and meet to-myself in Fawn-Like,785 builder of Whiteness.786


786

Strong’s #6714, Tsochar. From tsachar (#6715) tawny, whiteness. צָחֹר adj. white. Judges 5:10, “white asses,” i.e. reddish with white spots (for they are not found altogether white, although the Orientals highly esteem this colour in asses, camels, and elephants). Vulg. nitens. Syr. white. (Arabic صحُورُ prop. white, but used of an ass marked with white and red spots.) - Gesenius