Isaiah 14:20:3Isa.14.20.W3TAB
בִּקְבוּרָ֔ה
bikvura
“in burial”
- Transliteration
- bik-vu-RA
- Extended
- bihk-voo-RAA
- IPA
- /biq.vuːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in burial
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
bik-vu-RA
- clause
lo-te-KHAD i-TAM bik-vu-RA ki-AR-tse-kha shi-KHAT-ta am-ME-kha ha-RAG-ta
- sentence
lo-te-KHAD i-TAM bik-vu-RA ki-AR-tse-kha shi-KHAT-ta am-ME-kha ha-RAG-ta lo-yik-ka-RE le-o-LAM ZE-ra me-re-IM
Exegesis
The Hebrew opening employs the negative particle lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ prefixed to the Nifal imperfect teḥad {תֵחַד | tēḥaḏ} ‘will be joined’ with the prepositional object ittam {אִתָּם | ʾittām} ‘with them’ and the noun biqqurah {בִּקְבוּרָה | biqqūrāh} ‘in burial’, indicating exclusion from interment.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–vav–resh
“pit, well”
In context — Isaiah 14:20
You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have ruined your land and slaughtered your people; the seed of evildoers will never be named for ever.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 14:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Isaiah 14:20, so the Hebrew word בִּקְבוּרָ֔ה (bikvura) 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 Isa.14.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.14.20.W3.S1) and character.