2 Kings 15:38:42 Kgs.15.38.W4TAB
וַיִּקָּבֵר֙
vayikkaver
“and he was buried”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-ka-VER
- Extended
- vah-yihk-kah-VEER
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.qaːˈveːr/
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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Word in context
- word
va-yik-ka-VER
- clause
va-yish-KAV yo-TAM im-a-VO-tav va-yik-ka-VER im-a-VO-tav be-IR da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV yo-TAM im-a-VO-tav va-yik-ka-VER im-a-VO-tav be-IR da-VID a-VIV va-yim-LOKH a-KHAZ be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The phrase ʿim-ʾavotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim-ʾāvoṯāw} ‘with his fathers’ frames both death and burial under vayyikkaver {וַיִּקָּבֵר | wayyiqqābēr} ‘and he was buried,’ reinforcing ancestral continuity.
Root and etymology
Rootq-b-r
“to bury”
In context — 2 Kings 15:38
And Jotham lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father. And Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:38:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 15:38, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקָּבֵר֙ (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.15.38.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.38.W4.S1) and character.