קבר
Appearance
See also: קבֿר
Aramaic
[edit]Verb
[edit]קבר • (qavar)
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Root |
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ק־ב־ר (q-b-r) |
4 terms |
From the root ק־ב־ר (k-b-r). Compare Classical Syriac ܩܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (qaḇrāʾ, “grave”), Arabic قَبْر (qabr, “grave”), قَبَرَ (qabara, “to bury”), and Ge'ez ቀበረ (ḳäbärä, “to bury”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈqæbær/, [ˈqævær]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈqɛbɛr/, [ˈqɛːvɛʀ]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈkeveʁ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]קֶבֶר • (kéver) m (plural indefinite קְבָרִים, singular construct קֶבֶר־, plural construct קִבְרֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- A grave, a gravesite.
- (קֶבֶר־, kéver-) singular construct state form of קֶבֶר.
Usage notes
[edit]- In addition to the regularly inflected plural form given above, the irregular form קברות (k'varót) is also attested historically, though in Modern Hebrew it occurs only in the phrase בית קברות (béit-k'varót, “cemetery”).[1]
Declension
[edit]Declension of קֶבֶר
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | קֶבֶר | first | קִבְרִי | קִבְרֵנוּ | ||
definite | הַקֶּבֶר | second | קִבְרְךָ | קִבְרֵךְ | קִבְרְכֶם | קִבְרְכֶן | |
construct | קֶבֶר־ | third | קִבְרוֹ | קִבְרָהּ | קִבְרָם | קִבְרָן | |
plural | indefinite | קְבָרִים | first | קבריי / קְבָרַי | קְבָרֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַקְּבָרִים | second | קְבָרֶיךָ | קברייך / קְבָרַיִךְ | קִבְרֵיכֶם | קִבְרֵיכֶן | |
construct | קִבְרֵי־ | third | קְבָרָיו | קְבָרֶיהָ | קִבְרֵיהֶם | קִבְרֵיהֶן |
Descendants
[edit]- → Yiddish: קבֿר (keyver)
References
[edit]- H6913 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “קֶבֶר”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 561b
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1312b
- “קבר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Verb
[edit]קָבַר • (kavár) (pa'al construction, future יקבור / יִקְבֹּר, passive participle קָבוּר, passive counterpart נִקְבַּר)
- (transitive) To bury, to inter.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of קָבַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms |
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finite forms | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | קָבַרְתִּי | קָבַרְנוּ | ||
second | קָבַרְתָּ | קָבַרְתְּ | קְבַרְתֶּם1 | קְבַרְתֶּן1 | |
third | קָבַר | קָבְרָה | קָבְרוּ | ||
present | קוֹבֵר | קוֹבֶרֶת | קוֹבְרִים | קוֹבְרוֹת | |
future | first | אקבור / אֶקְבֹּר | נקבור / נִקְבֹּר | ||
second | תקבור / תִּקְבֹּר | תִּקְבְּרִי | תִּקְבְּרוּ | תקבורנה / תִּקְבֹּרְנָה2 | |
third | יקבור / יִקְבֹּר | תקבור / תִּקְבֹּר | יִקְבְּרוּ | תקבורנה / תִּקְבֹּרְנָה2 | |
imperative | קבור / קְבֹר | קִבְרִי | קִבְרוּ | קבורנה / קְבֹרְנָה2 | |
notes |
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References
[edit]- ^ “קברים או קברות”, safa-ivrit.org, accessed 2012 June 11.