2 Kings 13:9:42 Kgs.13.9.W4TAB
וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּ
vayikberuhu
“they buried him”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-be-RU-hu
- Extended
- vah-yihk-beh-RUH-hoo
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.bəˈruː.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-yish-KHAV ye-ho-a-KHAZ im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-be-RU-hu be-sho-me-RON
- sentence
va-yish-KHAV ye-ho-a-KHAZ im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-be-RU-hu be-sho-me-RON va-yim-LOKH yo-ASH be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The subsequent verb vayikberuhu {וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּ | wayyiḳbărûhû} ‘and they buried him’ uses a plural subject to indicate communal action, with beshomron {בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן | bišmōrōn} ‘in Samaria’ specifying the royal capital.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–bet–resh
“to bury”
In context — 2 Kings 13:9
And Jehoahaz lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria . Then Joash his son reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 13:9, so the Hebrew word וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּ (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.13.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.9.W4.S1) and character.