Genesis 49:29:8Gen.49.29.W8TAB
קִבְר֥וּ
kivru
“bury”
- Transliteration
- kiv-RU
- Extended
- kihv-ROO
- IPA
- /qiv.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bury
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kiv-RU
- phraseyour reading level
kiv-RU o-TI
- clause
vai-TSAV o-TAM vai-YO-mer a-le-HEM a-NI ne-e-SAF el-am-MI kiv-RU o-TI el-a-vo-TAI
- sentence
vai-TSAV o-TAM vai-YO-mer a-le-HEM a-NI ne-e-SAF el-am-MI kiv-RU o-TI el-a-vo-TAI el-ham-me-a-RA a-SHER bis-DE ef-RON ha-khit-TI
Exegesis
The imperative kivru oti {קִבְרוּ אֹתִי | qib-rû ʾō-ṯî} addresses a plural audience, emphasizing communal responsibility.
Root and etymology
RootQof–Bet–Resh
“to bury”
In context — Genesis 49:29
Then he instructed them and said, “I am about to be gathered to my people ; inter me with my fathers in the cave that lies in the field of Ephron the Hittite.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 49:29, so the Hebrew word קִבְר֥וּ (kivru) 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 Gen.49.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.29.W8.S1) and character.