1 Kings 14:18:11 Kgs.14.18.W1TAB
וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ
vayikberu
“and they buried”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-be-RU
- Extended
- vah-yik-beh-RUU
- IPA
- /vaj.jiqbəˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they buried
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-be-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-be-RU O-to
- clause
va-yik-be-RU O-to va-yis-pe-DU-lo KAL-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yik-be-RU O-to va-yis-pe-DU-lo KAL-yis-ra-EL ki-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD-av-do a-khi-YA-hu ha-na-VI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive narrative marker, introducing vayiqberu {וַיִּקְבְּרוּ | vāyiqqəberû} ‘and they buried’ followed by vayisəp̄əḏû-lō {וַיִּסְפְּדוּ־לוֹ | vāyisəp̄əḏû-lō} ‘and they mourned for him’, creating a sequential historical narrative.
Root and etymology
q-b-r
“to bury”
In context — 1 Kings 14:18
And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by the hand of His servant Ahijah the prophet .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 14:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ (vayikberu) 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.14.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.18.W1.S1) and character.