2 Kings 13:21:102 Kgs.13.21.W10TAB
בְּקֶ֣בֶר
bekever
“in the grave of”
- Transliteration
- be-KE-ver
- Extended
- beh-KEH-vehr
- IPA
- /bəˈqɛvɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the grave of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-KE-ver
- phraseyour reading level
be-KE-ver e-li-SHA
- clause
va-ye-HI HEM ko-ve-RIM ISH ve-hin-NE RA-OO et-ha-ge-DUD va-yash-LEE-KHU et-ha-ISH be-KE-ver e-li-SHA
- sentence
va-ye-HI HEM ko-ve-RIM ISH ve-hin-NE RA-OO et-ha-ge-DUD va-yash-LEE-KHU et-ha-ISH be-KE-ver e-li-SHA va-YE-lekh va-yig-GA ha-ISH be-ats-MOT e-li-SHA va-ye-KHI va-ya-KAM al-rag-LAV
Exegesis
The construct expression b’kever Elisha {בְּקֶבֶר אֱלִישָׁע | bə-qe-ver ʾĕ-lî-šāʿ} ‘into the tomb of Elisha’ uses a prepositional chain to denote location.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–bet–resh
“to bury”
In context — 2 Kings 13:21
And it happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they saw a raiding party, and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha . When the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 13:21, so the Hebrew word בְּקֶ֣בֶר (bekever) 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.13.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.21.W10.S1) and character.