Deuteronomy 21:23:4Deut.21.23.W4TAB
כִּֽי־קָב֤וֹר
kikavor
“but surely you shall bury”
- Transliteration
- ki-ka-VOR
- Extended
- kee-kah-VOHR
- IPA
- /kiː.qaˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- but surely you shall bury
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ki-ka-VOR
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ka-VOR tik-be-RE-nu
- clause
lo-ta-LIN niv-la-TO al-ha-ETS ki-ka-VOR tik-be-RE-nu ba-YOM ha-HU ki-kil-LAT e-lo-HIM ta-LUI
- sentence
lo-ta-LIN niv-la-TO al-ha-ETS ki-ka-VOR tik-be-RE-nu ba-YOM ha-HU ki-kil-LAT e-lo-HIM ta-LUI ve-LO te-ta-ME et-ad-ma-TE-kha a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-ha-LA
Exegesis
The infinitive absolute kabor{קָב֤וֹר | qā-vôr} intensifies the Qal imperfect tikberennu{תִּקְבְּרֶ֙נּוּ֙ | tiq-bə-rē-nû} ‘you shall bury him’ in the temporal bayom hahu{בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא | ba-yôm hā-hû} ‘that day’.
The causal ki{כִּי | kî} marks the rationale killat Elohim{קִלְלַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֖ים | qil-lāṯ ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘curse of God’, with the passive participle taluy{תָּלוּי | tā-lûy} ‘hanging’ linking condemned status to impurity.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:23
You shall not leave his corpse overnight upon the tree, but you must surely bury him that same day, for the one who is hanged is cursed by God; and you shall not defile your land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 21:23, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־קָב֤וֹר (kikavor) 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 Deut.21.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.23.W4.S1) and character.