2 Kings 16:20:42 Kgs.16.20.W4TAB
וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-ka-VER im-a-vo-TAV
- clause
va-yish-KAV a-KHAZ im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER im-a-vo-TAV be-IR da-VID
- sentence
va-yish-KAV a-KHAZ im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER im-a-vo-TAV be-IR da-VID va-yim-LOKH khiz-ki-YA-hu ve-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The Nifal verb vayyiqqaver {וַיִּקָּבֵר | wăyyiqā́ver} ‘and he was buried’ mirrors the previous clause, creating parallelism.
Root and etymology
qof–bet–reshqof–bet–resh
“to bury”
In context — 2 Kings 16:20
Ahaz completed his days, lay down with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Hezekiah was enthroned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 16:20, so the Hebrew word וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר (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.16.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.20.W4.S1) and character.