2 Kings 23:17:122 Kgs.23.17.W12TAB
הַקֶּ֤בֶר
hakkever
“the grave or the tomb”
- Transliteration
- hak-KE-ver
- Extended
- hahk-KEH-vehr
- IPA
- /hakˈqɛvɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the grave or the tomb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hak-KE-ver
- phraseyour reading level
hak-KE-ver ish-ha-e-lo-HIM
- clause
va-yom-RU e-LAV an-SHE ha-IR hak-KE-ver ish-ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA va-yik-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SHER a-si-TA al ham-miz-BE-akh BET-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER MA ha-tsi-YUN hal-LAZ a-SHER a-NI ro-E va-yom-RU e-LAV an-SHE ha-IR hak-KE-ver ish-ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA va-yik-RA et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-EL-le a-SHER a-si-TA al ham-miz-BE-akh BET-EL
Exegesis
The reply under vayomru {וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ | wayyōmerû} ‘and they said’ identifies the site with anshei ha-ir {אַנְשֵׁ֣י הָעִ֗יר | ʾănšê hāʿîr} ‘men of the city’ pointing to ha-kever {הַקֶּ֤בֶר | hāqēver} ‘the grave’, then introduces the prophetic figure ish-ha-Elohim {אִישׁ־הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ | ʾîš-hāʾĕlōhîm} ‘man of God’, and the provenance clause asher-ba mi-Yehudah {אֲשֶׁר-בָּ֣א מִֽיהוּדָ֔ה | ʾăšer-bāʾ miyyūdāh} ‘who came from Judah’.
Root and etymology
ק-ב-ר
“to inter, bury”
In context — 2 Kings 23:17
And he said, “What is this monument that I see?” And the men of the city said to him, “It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah, and he proclaimed these words that you have done against the altar at Bethel.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Kings 23:17, so the Hebrew word הַקֶּ֤בֶר (hakkever) 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.23.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.17.W12.S1) and character.