2 Chronicles 16:14:12 Chr.16.14.W1TAB
וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ
vayikberuhu
“and they buried him”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-be-RU-hu
- Extended
- vah-yik-beh-RUH-hoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.bəˈruː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they buried him
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 | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-be-RU-hu
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-be-RU-hu ve-kiv-ro-TAV
- clause
va-yik-be-RU-hu ve-kiv-ro-TAV a-SHER ka-RA-lo be-IR da-VID va-yash-ki-VU-hu ba-mish-KAV a-SHER mi-LE be-sa-MIM u-ze-NIM me-ru-ka-KHIM be-mir-ka-KHAT ma-a-SE
- sentence
va-yik-be-RU-hu ve-kiv-ro-TAV a-SHER ka-RA-lo be-IR da-VID va-yash-ki-VU-hu ba-mish-KAV a-SHER mi-LE be-sa-MIM u-ze-NIM me-ru-ka-KHIM be-mir-ka-KHAT ma-a-SE va-yis-re-FU-lo se-RE-fa ge-do-LA ad-li-me-OD
Exegesis
The verse opens with the verb vayyiqberuhu {וַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ | way-yiq-be-rû-hu} ‘and they buried him’, a vav consecutive Qal imperfect form that advances the narrative.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–bet–resh
“to inter”
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:14
And they laid him to rest in the tombs he had excavated for himself in the City of David . They placed him on the bed that had been filled with spices and various blended ointments by a perfumer’s art, and they made a very great burning for him.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 16:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ (vayikberuhu) 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 2 Chr.16.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.14.W1.S1) and character.