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title: קְבוּרָה — grave · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קְבוּרָה (6900), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: grave. BDB 1906: n.f. grave, burial. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְבוּרָה

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«קְבוּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **grave** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 14 times · **Key:** 6900 · **BDB:** קְבֻרָה

### Glosses

grave (8); burial (2); \[the\].burial (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6900/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. grave, burial [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6900/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (4 times) קְבוּרָה n.f. grave, burial;—abs. קְבוּרָה Is 14:20 + 2 times; cstr. קְבוּרַת Je 22:19, קְבֻרַת Gn 35:20 +; sf. קְבֻרָתוֹ Dt 34:6 +;— grave Gn 35:20(×2); 47:30; Dt 34:6; 1 S 10:2; 2 K 9:28; 21:26; 23:30; Ez 32:23, 24; שְׂדֵה הַקּ׳ 2 Ch 26:23. burial, Is 14:20; Ec 6:3; קְבוּרַת חֲמוֹר Je 22:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קְבוּרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6900/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 22:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.22.19/)

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קְבוּרַ֥ת חֲמ֖וֹר יִקָּבֵ֑ר סָח֣וֹב וְהַשְׁלֵ֔ךְ מֵהָ֖לְאָה לְשַׁעֲרֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* \[the\].burial of.a.donkey he.will.be.buried people.will.drag.\[him\] and people.will.throw.\[him\].out from beyond (to).the gates of.Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

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[Genesis 35:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.35.20/)

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וַיַּצֵּ֧ב יַעֲקֹ֛ב מַצֵּבָ֖ה עַל־קְבֻרָתָ֑הּ הִ֛וא מַצֶּ֥בֶת קְבֻֽרַת־רָחֵ֖ל עַד־הַיּֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* and he.set.up Jacob a.pillar over grave her it \[is\].the.pillar of.the.grave of.Rachel until this day

*JPS 1917:* And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

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