1 Kings 13:22:161 Kgs.13.22.W16TAB
אֶל־קֶ֥בֶר
elkever
“to the tomb”
- Transliteration
- el-KE-ver
- Extended
- ehl-KEH-vehr
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈqɛvɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the tomb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-KE-ver
- phraseyour reading level
el-KE-ver a-vo-TE-kha
- clause
lo-ta-VO niv-la-TE-kha el-KE-ver a-vo-TE-kha
- sentence
va-ta-SHAV va-to-KHAL LE-khem va-TE-shet MA-yim ba-ma-KOM a-SHER di-BER e-LE-kha al-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-al-TE-shet MA-yim lo-ta-VO niv-la-TE-kha el-KE-ver a-vo-TE-kha
Exegesis
The phrase el-kever avoteikha {אֶל־קֶבֶר אֲבֹתֶיךָ | ʾel-qeḇer ʾă-ḇō-ṯe-ḵā} links burial to family identity, so exclusion from the fathers’ grave functions as a public sign of judgment.
Root and etymology
consonantsqof–bet–resh
“grave”
In context — 1 Kings 13:22
But you returned and ate bread and drank water in the place where He spoke to you, “Do not eat bread, and do not drink water.” Your corpse will not come to the grave of your fathers.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:22:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 13:22, so the Hebrew word אֶל־קֶ֥בֶר (elkever) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.13.22.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.22.W16.S1) and character.