Jeremiah 16:6:7Jer.16.6.W7TAB
יִקָּבֵ֑רוּ
yikkaveru
“they will be buried”
- Transliteration
- yik-ka-VE-ru
- Extended
- yihk-kah-VEE-roo
- IPA
- /jiq.qaːˈveː.ruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will be buried
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
yik-ka-VE-ru
- phraseyour reading level
LO yik-ka-VE-ru
- clause
u-ME-tu ge-do-LIM u-ke-ta-NIM ba-A-rets ha-ZOT LO yik-ka-VE-ru
- sentence
u-ME-tu ge-do-LIM u-ke-ta-NIM ba-A-rets ha-ZOT LO yik-ka-VE-ru ve-LO-yis-pe-DU la-HEM ve-LO yit-go-DAD ve-LO yik-ka-RE-akh la-HEM
Exegesis
A series of negative imperfect verbs—yiqqāḇērû {יִקָּבֵרוּ | yiqqāḇērû} ‘they shall not be buried’, wə-lōʾ-yispəḏû {וְלֹא־יִסְפְּדוּ | wə-lōʾ yispəḏû} ‘nor shall they lament’, wə-lōʾ-yitgōḏad {וְלֹא יִתְגֹּדַד | wə-lōʾ yitgōḏad} ‘nor shall one cut himself’, wə-lōʾ-yiqqārēaḥ {וְלֹא יִקָּרֵחַ | wə-lōʾ yiqqārēaḥ} ‘nor shall one make himself bald’—creates a rhythmic parallelism that highlights the complete absence of customary mourning practices as a symbol of communal isolation under divine judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootq-b-r
“to bury”
In context — Jeremiah 16:6
Both the great and the small will die in this land; they will not be buried, and none will lament for them, nor will anyone cut himself, nor will anyone shave his head for them.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 16:6, so the Hebrew word יִקָּבֵ֑רוּ (yikkaveru) 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.16.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.6.W7.S1) and character.