2 Kings 14:20:42 Kgs.14.20.W4TAB
וַיִּקָּבֵ֧ר
vayikkaver
“and he was buried”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-ka-VER
- Extended
- vah-yik-kah-VEER
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.qɔːˈveːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was buried
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yik-ka-VER
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-ka-VER bi-ru-sha-LA-im
- clause
va-yik-ka-VER bi-ru-sha-LA-im im-a-vo-TAV be-IR DA-vid
- sentence
va-yis-E-u o-TO al-ha-su-SIM va-yik-ka-VER bi-ru-sha-LA-im im-a-vo-TAV be-IR DA-vid
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive introduces the Niphal imperfect vayikkaver {וַיִּקָּבֵ֧ר | wayyqiqqāḇēr} ‘and he was buried’, emphasizing non-agency.
Root and etymology
“to bury”
In context — 2 Kings 14:20
And they carried him on the horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 14:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקָּבֵ֧ר (vayikkaver) 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.14.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.20.W4.S1) and character.