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RBT Translation:
And ContentiousWoman is dying in Meeting-City of the Four,778 himself is League,779 in the earth of Humbled, and Father-of-Tumult is coming in to lament780 to ContentiousWoman, and to bewail her.
LITV Translation:
And Sarah died in Kirjatharba, it is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
ESV Translation:
And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Sarah died in the city of Arba, which is in the valley, this is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to lament for Sarah and to mourn.

Footnotes

778

Jerusalem. Strong’s #7153, Qiryah Arba. Qiryah (#7151) is a specific word for “city” derived from the verb to meet, encounter (#7136). It can also mean connect as it is used for rafters/beams, i.e. joinery, which connect two sides to create a roof (2 Chron. 34:11, Neh. 2:8, Ps. 104:3). “as meeting-place of men” – BDB. The signification is more towards a city hall, townhall, capitol, or meeting place within a city, contrasting with the Hebrew iyr (#5892) which is the standard word for city.

779

See Genesis 13:18.

780

Strong’s #5594, saphad. A primitive root; properly, to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail