קֶ֣בֶר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 קֶ֣בֶר

   KE-ver

   the grave of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 קֶ֣בֶר אָבִ֖י

   KE-ver a-VI

   the grave of my father
3. clause🔊 יָֽשָׁב־נָ֤א עַבְדְּךָ֙ וְאָמ֣וּת בְּעִירִ֔י עִ֖ם קֶ֣בֶר אָבִ֖י וְאִמִּ֑י

   ya-SHAV-NA av-DE-kha ve-a-MUT be-i-RI IM KE-ver a-VI ve-i-MI

   Please let return your servant and I will die in my city with the grave of my father and my mother
4. sentence🔊 יָֽשָׁב־נָ֤א עַבְדְּךָ֙ וְאָמ֣וּת בְּעִירִ֔י עִ֖ם קֶ֣בֶר אָבִ֖י וְאִמִּ֑י וְהִנֵּה֙ עַבְדְּךָ֣ כִמְהָ֔ם יַֽעֲבֹר֙ עִם־אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַעֲשֵׂה־לּ֥וֹ אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁר־ט֣וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ׃

   ya-SHAV-NA av-DE-kha ve-a-MUT be-i-RI IM KE-ver a-VI ve-i-MI ve-hi-NE av-DE-kha khim-HEM ya-a-VOR im-a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh va-a-SE-LO ET a-sher-TOV be-e-NE-kha

   Please let return your servant and I will die in my city with the grave of my father and my mother and behold your servant Chimham let him go over with my lord the king and do for him which is good in your eyes

Exegesis

The prepositional phrases be’iri {בְּעִירִי | bə-ʿîr-î} ‘in my city’ and im-kever {עִם־קֶבֶר | im-qe-ḇer} ‘with the grave’, joined to avi ve-imi {אָבִי וְאִמִּי | ʾā-vî wə-imm-î}, form a location clause expressing filial burial desire.

Root and etymology

k-b-r🔊 ק־ב־ר

“grave, tomb”

• 🔊 קְבוּרוֹתqevurotburials, tombsGenesis 50:26