1 Kings 13:30:31 Kgs.13.30.W3TAB
בְּקִבְר֑וֹ
bekivro
“in his grave”
- Transliteration
- be-kiv-RO
- Extended
- beh-kihv-ROH
- IPA
- /bəqivˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in his grave
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-kiv-RO
- clause
va-ya-NAKH et-niv-la-TO be-kiv-RO
- sentence
va-ya-NAKH et-niv-la-TO be-kiv-RO va-yis-pe-DU a-LAV HOI a-KHI
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת | ʾet} identifies nivlāṯō {נִבְלָתוֹ | nivlāṯō} ‘his corpse’ as the object, and the prepositional phrase bĕ-qivrō {בְּקִבְר֑וֹ | bĕ-qivrō} ‘in his tomb’ specifies location.
Root and etymology
consonantsqof–bet–resh
“grave”
In context — 1 Kings 13:30
And he laid his corpse in his own tomb, and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas , my brother !”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 13:30, so the Hebrew word בְּקִבְר֑וֹ (bekivro) 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.13.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.30.W3.S1) and character.