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# The sons of Heth

Here "sons" stands for those who descended from Heth. See how you translated this in [Genesis 23:3](./03.md). AT: "The descendants of Heth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# my master

This phrase is used to show respect to Abraham.

# a prince of God

This is an idiom. This probably means "a powerful man" or "a mighty leader." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# your dead

The nominal adjective "dead" can be stated as a verb or simply as "wife." AT: "your wife who has died" or "your wife" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])

# the choicest of our tombs

"the best of our burial places"

# refuse you his tomb

"withhold his burial place from you" or "refuse to give to you his tomb"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The sons of Heth`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "sons" stands for those who descended from Heth. See how you translated this in [Genesis 23:3](./03.md). AT: "The descendants of Heth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# my master`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This phrase is used to show respect to Abraham.`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# a prince of God`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is an idiom. This probably means "a powerful man" or "a mighty leader." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# your dead`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The nominal adjective "dead" can be stated as a verb or simply as "wife." AT: "your wife who has died" or "your wife" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the choicest of our tombs`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"the best of our burial places"`

			`# refuse you his tomb`

			`"withhold his burial place from you" or "refuse to give to you his tomb"`