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

Result
קֹ + בְ + רִ֣ים
ko + ve + rim
koverim

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ko-ve-RIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HEM ko-ve-RIM ISH

  3. 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

  4. 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 context2 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.