1 Kings 14:13:91 Kgs.14.13.W9TAB
אֶל־קָ֑בֶר
elkaver
“to a grave”
- Transliteration
- el-ka-VER
- Extended
- ehl-kaa-VEHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.qɔːˈvɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a grave
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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-ka-VER
- clause
ve-saf-DU-lo khol-yis-ra-EL ve-kav-RU o-TO ki-ZE le-vad-DO ya-VO le-ya-rav-AM el-ka-VER
- sentence
ve-saf-DU-lo khol-yis-ra-EL ve-kav-RU o-TO ki-ZE le-vad-DO ya-VO le-ya-rav-AM el-ka-VER YA-an nim-tsa-VO da-VAR TOV el-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL be-VET ya-rav-AM
Exegesis
The phrase kî-zē levado yāḇōʾ lə-yārāḇə-ʽām ʾel-qāḇer {כִּֽי־זֶה לְבַדּ֔וֹ יָבֹ֥א לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם אֶל־קָ֑בֶר | kî-zē lə-vaḏ-dō yā-ḇōʾ lə-yā-rā-ḇə-ʽām ʾel qā-ḇer} uses the demonstrative kî-zē ‘for this’ and levado ‘alone’ to emphasize exclusivity.
Root and etymology
ק־ב־רk-v-r
“to bury, burial place”
In context — 1 Kings 14:13
And all Israel will mourn for him and bury him, for this one alone of Jeroboam’s will come to the grave , because in him was found something good before the LORD , the God of Israel .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 14:13, so the Hebrew word אֶל־קָ֑בֶר (elkaver) 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.14.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.13.W9.S1) and character.