Job 17:1:5Job.17.1.W5TAB
קְבָרִ֥ים
kevarim
“graves or grave places”
- Transliteration
- ke-va-RIM
- Extended
- keh-vaa-REEM
- IPA
- /qəvaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- graves or grave places
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-va-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
ke-va-RIM LI
- sentence
ru-KHI khu-ba-LA ya-MAI niz-e-KHU ke-va-RIM LI
Exegesis
The final colon, qevarim li {קְבָרִים לִי | qĕ-ḇā-rîm lî} “graves for me,” is a verbless nominal clause, where the dative li marks burial as the speaker’s fate. The plural “graves” intensifies the inevitability of death, and semicolons preserve the poem’s stepwise progression.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–bet–resh
“grave, burial”
In context — Job 17:1
My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; graves are for me.
About this coordinate
Job 17:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 17:1, so the Hebrew word קְבָרִ֥ים (kevarim) 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 Job.17.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.1.W5.S1) and character.