1 Kings 16:28:41 Kgs.16.28.W4TAB
וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר
vayikkaver
“and he was buried”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-ka-VER
- Extended
- vah-yik-kah-VEER
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.qaːˈveːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-ka-VER
- clause
va-yish-KAV om-RI im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-shom-RON
- sentence
va-yish-KAV om-RI im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-shom-RON va-yim-LOKH akh-AV be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The passive Nifal imperfect vayikkaver {וַיִּקָּבֵר | və-yik-kā-vēr} ‘and he was buried’ introduces the funerary action, with beshomron {בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן | bə-šōm-rōn} ‘in Samaria’ marking the location.
Root and etymology
ק־ב־ר
“to bury”
In context — 1 Kings 16:28
And Omri lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria , and Ahab his son reigned in his place .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 16:28, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר (vayikkaver) 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.16.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.28.W4.S1) and character.