Genesis 23:3
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And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying:

Heth.

Genesis 23:5,7 The children of Heth answered, saying: . . .

Genesis 10:15 And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, the Hethite,

Genesis 25:10 Which he had bought of the children of Heth: there was he buried, and Sara his wife.

Genesis 27:46 And Rebecca said to Isaac: I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the stock of this land, I choose not to live.

Genesis 49:30 Over against Mambre, in the land of Chanaan, which Abraham bought together with the field, of Ephron the Hethite, for a possession to bury in.

1 Samuel 26:6 David spoke to Achimelech, the Hethite, and Abisai, the son of Sarvia, the brother of Joab, saying: Who will go down with me to Saul into the camp? And Abisai said: I will go with thee.

2 Samuel 23:39 Urias the Hethite, thirty and seven in all.

Context
The Death and Burial of Sarah
2And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron, in the land of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn and weep for her. 3And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying:4I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead.…
Cross References
Genesis 10:15
And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, the Hethite,

Genesis 15:20
And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also,

Genesis 25:10
Which he had bought of the children of Heth: there was he buried, and Sara his wife.

Genesis 49:30
Over against Mambre, in the land of Chanaan, which Abraham bought together with the field, of Ephron the Hethite, for a possession to bury in.

1 Samuel 26:6
David spoke to Achimelech, the Hethite, and Abisai, the son of Sarvia, the brother of Joab, saying: Who will go down with me to Saul into the camp? And Abisai said: I will go with thee.

Lexicon
Then Abraham
אַבְרָהָ֔ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

got up
וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (way·yā·qām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

from
מֵעַ֖ל (mê·‘al)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

beside
פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

his dead wife
מֵת֑וֹ (mê·ṯōw)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

and said
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (way·ḏab·bêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the Hittites,
בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son


Additional Translations
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,

And Abraam stood up from before his dead; and Abraam spoke to the sons of Chet, saying,

And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spoke to the children of Heth, saying,

And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying,
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