2 Kings 21:18:42 Kgs.21.18.W4TAB
וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר
vayikkaver
“and he was buried”
- Transliteration
- va-yik-ka-VER
- Extended
- vah-yik-kah-VEER
- IPA
- /vaj.jiq.qɔˈveːr/
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 be-gan-BE-to
- clause
va-yish-KHAV me-na-SHE im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-gan-BE-to be-gan-u-ZA
- sentence
va-yish-KHAV me-na-SHE im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-gan-BE-to be-gan-u-ZA va-yim-LOKH a-MON be-NO ta-KHTAV
Exegesis
The narrative uses the sequential vav-consecutive forms wayyiskav {וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב | wayyiskav | wayyiškav} “and he lay down” and wayyiqqaver {וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר | wayyiqqaver | wayyiqqāvēr} “and he was buried” to structure events.
Root and etymology
ק־ב־ר
“to bury”
In context — 2 Kings 21:18
Manasseh lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza. Then his son Amon reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 21:18, 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.21.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.18.W4.S1) and character.