2 Chronicles 24:16:12 Chr.24.16.W1TAB
וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּ
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 be-IR-da-VID
- clause
va-yik-be-RU-hu be-IR-da-VID im-ha-me-la-KHIM
- sentence
va-yik-be-RU-hu be-IR-da-VID im-ha-me-la-KHIM ki-a-SA to-VA be-yis-ra-EL ve-IM ha-e-lo-HIM u-VE-to
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative begins with the vav-consecutive form vayiqberuhu {וַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ | vayyiqberuhu} ‘and they buried him’, marking continuation in the chronicle.
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:16
And they buried him in the City of David with the kings, because he had done good in Israel and with God and with His house .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 24:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּ (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.24.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.16.W1.S1) and character.