2 Kings 13:20:32 Kgs.13.20.W3TAB
וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֑הוּ
vayikberuhu
“they buried him”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-be-RU-hu
- Extended
- vah-yihk-beh-RU-oo
- IPA
- /vaj.jik.bəˈru.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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-ya-MAT e-li-SHA va-yik-be-RU-hu
- sentence
va-ya-MAT e-li-SHA va-yik-be-RU-hu u-ge-du-DE mo-AV ya-VO-u va-A-rets BA sha-NA
Root and etymology
Rootqof–bet–resh
“to bury”
In context — 2 Kings 13:20
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And bands of Moab entered the land at the coming of the year.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 13:20, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֑הוּ (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 Kgs.13.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.20.W3.S1) and character.