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קָבַר qâbar — to inter

pronounced kaw-bar' · Strong's H6912 · 133 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 4 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Niph'al, Pi'el, Pu'al

Translated in the KJV as × in any wise, bury.

a primitive root; to inter.

qâbar in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 87×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 42Perfect (qatal) 11Infinitive construct 9Imperative 7Sequential perfect (weqatal) 6Cohortative 3Participle (active) 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Participle (passive) 2Jussive 1Infinitive absolute 1

וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה Gen 23:4 Cohortative, 1st person common singular

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. (KJV)

קְבֹ֖ר Gen 23:6 Imperative, 2nd person masculine singular

Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. (KJV)

לִקְבֹּ֤ר Gen 23:8 Infinitive construct

And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, (KJV)

Niph'al 39×

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Wayyiqtol 30Imperfect (yiqtol) 9

תִּקָּבֵ֖ר Gen 15:15 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. (KJV)

וַתִּקָּבֵ֛ר Gen 35:8 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person feminine singular

But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth–el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon–bachuth. (KJV)

וַתִּקָּבֵר֙ Gen 35:19 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person feminine singular

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth–lehem. (KJV)

Pi'el

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Participle (active) 4Infinitive construct 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

מְקַבְּרִ֗ים Num 33:4 Participle (active), masculine plural

For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among them: upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments. (KJV)

לְקַבֵּ֖ר 1Kgs 11:15 Infinitive construct

For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom; (KJV)

מְקַבֵּר֙ Jer 14:16 Participle (active), masculine singular

And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them. (KJV)

Pu'al

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 1

קֻבַּ֥ר Gen 25:10 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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