See also: קבֿר

Aramaic

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Verb

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קבר (qavar)

  1. to bury, to inter

Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ק־ב־ר (q-b-r)

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

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Noun

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קֶבֶר (kéverm (plural indefinite קְבָרִים, singular construct קֶבֶר־, plural construct קברי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. A grave, a gravesite.
  2. (קֶבֶר־, kéver-) Singular construct state form of קֶבֶר.

Usage notes

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  • 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]

Descendants

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  • Yiddish: קבֿר (keyver)

Verb

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קָבַר (kavár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, future יקבור / יִקְבֹּר, passive participle קָבוּר, passive counterpart נִקְבַּר)

  1. (transitive) To bury, to inter.

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ קברים או קברות”, safa-ivrit.org, accessed 2012 June 11.