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

Result
מְ + קַ + בֵּר֙
me + ka + ber
mekaber

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    me-ka-BER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-EN me-ka-BER

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextJeremiah 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.