Genesis 49:30:16Gen.49.30.W16TAB
לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָֽבֶר׃
laakhuzatkaver
“for a burial possession”
- Transliteration
- la-a-khu-ZAT-ka-ver
- Extended
- lah-ah-khoo-ZAHT-kah-vehr
- IPA
- /la.ʔă.ħuˈzat.qaːvɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a burial possession
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
la-a-khu-ZAT-ka-ver
- clause
a-SHER ka-NA av-ra-HAM et-has-sa-DE me-ET ef-RON ha-khit-TI la-a-khu-ZAT-ka-ver
- sentence
bam-me-a-RA a-SHER bis-DE ham-makh-pe-LA a-SHER al-pe-nei-mam-RE be-E-rets ke-NA-an a-SHER ka-NA av-ra-HAM et-has-sa-DE me-ET ef-RON ha-khit-TI la-a-khu-ZAT-ka-ver
Exegesis
The final prepositional nominal la'achuzat-kaver {לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָבֶר | la-ʾă-ḥuz-zat-qā-ver} states the purpose ‘for a burial possession.’ English renders this cumulative sequence in a more linear structure while preserving the layered localization, ownership details, and final purpose.
Root and etymology
RootQof–Bet–Resh
“to bury”
In context — Genesis 49:30
In the cave located within the field of Machpelah, before Mamre in the land of Canaan—this is the field that Abraham acquired from Ephron the Hittite as a burial possession .
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:30:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 49:30, so the Hebrew word לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָֽבֶר׃ (laakhuzatkaver) 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.49.30.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.30.W16.S1) and character.