Lexical Definition

‎קָבַר‎ qâbar (kaw-bar') to bury ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] in any wise, bury(-ier).

• to inter

1) to bury
1a) (Qal) to bury
1b) (Niphal) to be buried
1c) (Piel) to bury, bury (in masses)
1d) (Pual) to be buried

See Greek: θάπτω · κόπτω · ταφή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קָבַר‎₁₃₂ verb bury (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ‎קבר‎, bury, ‎קבר‎ tomb; Arabic , Assyrian ‡ibiru, Aramaic ‎קְבַר‎, , Nabataean ‎קבר‎, all bury; Palmyrene Nabataean ‎קברא‎ tomb, so Sabean ‎קבר‎ Hom^{Chrest. 126}, Lihyanian ‎קבר‎ bury, DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. No, 35, 2, 3}, compare ‎מקבר(הםׅ‎ burial- place CIS^{iv,No, 20,1.2,4}); —

Qal₈₆ Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Gen 23:19 2 masculine singular Sf. consecutive ‎וּקְבַרְתַּנְי‎ Gen 47:30, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּקְבֹּד‎ Deut 34:6; 2Kgs 21:26, etc.; Imperative ‎קְבֹר‎ Gen 23:6 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎קָבוֺר‎ Deut 21:23 construct ‎לִקְכּוֺר‎ Jer 19:11 +, etc.; Participle active ‎קֹבֵר‎ 2Kgs 9:10 +, etc.; pass. ‎קָבוּר‎ 1Kgs 13:31, plural ‎קְבֻרִים‎ Eccl 8:10 bury, acc. person, bones, etc., usually with ‎ב‎ location, 2Sam 2:32; 1Kgs 13:31 (twice in verse); Gen 23:6; Josh 24:30; Josh 24:32 (twice in verse); Judg 2:9 + 33 t.; with ‎בֵּיתוֺ‎ location 2Chr 33:20 (‎בְּגַןבֵּֿיתוֺ‎ || 2Kgs 21:18, also ‎בְּבֵיתוֺ‎ 1Sam 25:1; 1Kgs 2:34); with ‎שָׁם‎ Num 11:34, ‎תַּחַת‎ 1Sam 31:13 = 1Chr 10:12 pregnantly with ‎אֶל‎ location Gen 23:19; Gen 25:9; Ezek 39:15 ‎אֶלאֲֿבֹתָ֑י‎ Gen 49:29 compare ‎עִםאֲֿבוֺתָיו‎ 2Kgs 12:22*; 2Kgs 15:7; 2Chr 25:28; 2Chr 26:23 (see also Niph`al, and ‎תָּבוֺא אֶלֿ‎ ‎אֲבֹתֶיךָ‎ Gen 15:15); with ‎שָׁ֫תָּה‎ Gen 23:13; Gen 49:31 (3 t. in verse); Gen 50:5 with accusative of person Alone 2Sam 2:4; 2Sam 2:5 + 22 t.; + ‎מִלְּפָנַי‎ Gen 23:4; Gen 23:8 passive Eccl 8:10 accusative omitted 2Kgs 9:10 + 3 t. + (with ‎ב‎) 2Sam 4:12. Niph`al₃₀ Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִקָּבֵר‎ Jer 22:19, etc.; — be buried Gen 15:15Jer Gen 8:2; Gen 16:4; Gen 16:5; Gen 25:33 (+ ‎אסף‎), so read perhaps Ezek 29:5 for ‎תִּקָּבֵץ‎ (+ id.); ‎׳‎‎קְבֻרַת חֲמוֺר יִקּ‎ Jer 22:19 usually with ‎ב‎ location Gen 35:19; Judg 8:32 + 6 t. Judges; 2Sam 17:23; 1Kgs 2:10; 1Kgs 2:34 + 16 t. Kings Chronicles (+ ‎עִםאֲֿבוֺתָיו‎ 1Kgs 14:31; 1Kgs 15:24 6 t.; ‎׳‎‎עִםמַֿלְכֵי יִשְׂר‎ 2Kgs 13:13; 2Kgs 14:16); with ‎שָׁם‎ Num 20:1 + 3 t.; with ‎תַּחַת‎, ‎מִתַּחַת‎ Gen 35:8. Pi`el bury (in masses), with accusative: Imperfect 3 feminine singular suffix ‎תְּקַכְּרֵם‎ Hos 9:6 Infinitive construct ‎לְקַבֵּר‎ 1Kgs 11:15 Participle plural ‎מְקַכְּרִים‎ Num 33:4; Ezek 39:14 as intensive noun, of office, burier, singular ‎מְקַכֵּר‎ Jer 14:16, plural ‎׳‎‎הַמּ‎ Ezek 39:15. Pu`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎שָׁ֫מָּה קֻבַּר אַבְרָהָם‎ Gen 25:10.

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