2 Chronicles 21:20:122 Chr.21.20.W12TAB
וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙
vayikberuhu
“and they buried him”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-be-RU-hu
- Extended
- vah-yihk-beh-ROO-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
- clause
va-ye-LEKH be-LO khem-DA va-yik-be-RU-hu be-IR da-VID ve-LO be-kiv-ROT ham-me-la-KHIM
- sentence
ben-she-lo-SHIM u-she-TA-yim ha-YA ve-mal-KHO u-she-mo-NE sha-NIM ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LIM va-ye-LEKH be-LO khem-DA va-yik-be-RU-hu be-IR da-VID ve-LO be-kiv-ROT ham-me-la-KHIM
Exegesis
The final sequence wayyiqberuhu {וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙ | wayyiqberûhû} ‘and they buried him’ gives the public action, first granting burial in beir dawid {בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֔יד | bə-ʿîr dāwîd} ‘the City of David’, then sharply restricting it with velo beqivrot hamelakhim {וְלֹ֖א בְּקִבְר֥וֹת הַמְּלָכִֽים | wə-lōʾ bə-qivrōt ham-məlāḵîm} ‘and not in the graves of the kings’. This final negated prepositional phrase creates the climax of dishonor: he receives a lesser burial than expected for a Davidic ruler, matching the earlier statement that he was not mourned.
Root and etymology
consonantsQof–Bet–Resh
“grave, burial place”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:20
He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He left this life without being desired , and they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 21:20, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙ (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.21.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.20.W12.S1) and character.