Jeremiah 14:16:13Jer.14.16.W13TAB
מְקַבֵּר֙
mekaber
“one burying”
- Transliteration
- me-ka-BER
- Extended
- meh-kah-BEER
- IPA
- /məqabˈbeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- one burying
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ka-BER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-EN me-ka-BER
- clause
ve-ha-AM a-SHER-HE-ma niv-be-IM la-HEM yih-YU mush-la-KHIM be-khu-TSOT ye-ru-sha-LA-im mip-ne ha-ra-AV ve-ha-KHE-rev ve-EN me-ka-BER la-HE-ma HE-ma ne-she-HEM u-ve-ne-HEM u-ve-no-te-HEM
- sentence
ve-ha-AM a-SHER-HE-ma niv-be-IM la-HEM yih-YU mush-la-KHIM be-khu-TSOT ye-ru-sha-LA-im mip-ne ha-ra-AV ve-ha-KHE-rev ve-EN me-ka-BER la-HE-ma HE-ma ne-she-HEM u-ve-ne-HEM u-ve-no-te-HEM ve-sha-fakh-TI a-le-HEM et-ra-a-TAM
Exegesis
The negative existential ve-ein meqabber lahemmah {וְאֵין מְקַבֵּר לָהֵמָּה | wə-ʾên mə-qa-bber lā-hēm-māh} ‘and there is no one to bury them’ underscores total abandonment.
In context — Jeremiah 14:16
And the people to whom they prophesy will be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword, with none to bury them—their wives, their sons, or their daughters. And I will pour out upon them their evil .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 14:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Jeremiah 14:16, so the Hebrew word מְקַבֵּר֙ (mekaber) 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 Jer.14.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.14.16.W13.S1) and character.