2 Kings 23:16:42 Kgs.23.16.W4TAB
אֶת־הַקְּבָרִ֤ים
ethakevarim
“{direct object marker} the graves”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ke-va-RIM
- Extended
- eht-hah-keh-vah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haq.qəvaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker} the graves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-ke-va-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-RE et-ha-ke-va-RIM a-sher-SHAM
- clause
va-yi-FEN yo-shi-YA-hu va-ya-RE et-ha-ke-va-RIM a-sher-SHAM ba-HAR va-yish-LAKH va-yik-KAKH et-ha-a-tsa-MOT min-ha-ke-va-RIM va-yis-ROF al-ha-miz-BE-akh va-ye-tam-ME-hu
- sentence
va-yi-FEN yo-shi-YA-hu va-ya-RE et-ha-ke-va-RIM a-sher-SHAM ba-HAR va-yish-LAKH va-yik-KAKH et-ha-a-tsa-MOT min-ha-ke-va-RIM va-yis-ROF al-ha-miz-BE-akh va-ye-tam-ME-hu kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH a-SHER ka-RA ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-SHER ka-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת | et} introduces et-ha-kkevarim {אֶת־הַקְּבָרִים | ’et-hakkəvārîm} ‘the tombs’ and et-ha-‘atzamot {אֶת־הָֽעֲצָמוֹת֙ | ’et-hā‘atzāmôt} ‘the bones’, specifying the items acted upon.
Root and etymology
Rootq-b-r
“grave, burial place”
In context — 2 Kings 23:16
And Josiah turned and saw the tombs on the mountain. He sent and took the bones from the tombs and burned them on the altar, defiling it according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God, who had predicted these things.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 23:16, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַקְּבָרִ֤ים (ethakevarim) 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.23.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.16.W4.S1) and character.