2 Kings 13:21:32 Kgs.13.21.W3TAB
קֹבְרִ֣ים
koverim
“burying”
- Transliteration
- ko-ve-RIM
- Extended
- koh-veh-REEM
- IPA
- /qoː.vəˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- burying
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ko-ve-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
HEM ko-ve-RIM ISH
- 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 verse opens with the vav-consecutive marker vayhi {וַיְהִ֞י | way-yə-hî} ‘and it happened’, which, together with the participle kovrim {קֹבְרִ֣ים | qōvrîm} ‘burying’, establishes an ongoing action.
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 13:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 13:21, so the Hebrew word קֹבְרִ֣ים (koverim) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.21.W3.S1) and character.