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title: קֶבֶר — grave · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֶבֶר (6913), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 67 times: grave. BDB 1906: n.m. grave, sepulchre. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֶבֶר

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«קֶבֶר» 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:** 67 times · **Key:** 6913 · **BDB:** קֶ֫בֶר

### Glosses

graves (13); grave (10); the.tomb (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6913/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. grave, sepulchre [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6913/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 K 13:31 grave, sepulchre;—abs. ק׳ Gn 23:4 +, קָ֑בֶר 1 K 14:13 +; cstr. קֶבֶר Ju 8:32 +; sf. קִבְרִי Gn 50:5, etc.; pl. קְבָרִים Ex 14:11 +, cstr. קִבְרֵי Je 26:23 +, sf. קִבְרֵיהֶם 8:1; also קְבָרוֹת Jb 21:32, cstr. קִבְרוֹת Ne 2:3 +, sf. קִבְרֹתָיו Ez 32:22; 2 Ch 16:14, etc.;—grave, Ex 14:11; Nu 11:34; Ju 8:32; 2 S 2:32; 1 K 13:22 +; אֲחֻזַּת ק׳ Gn 23:4, 9, 20; 49:30; 50:13; hewn out (חָצַב) Is 22:16(×2); מִבֶּטֶן לַקֶּבֶר אוּבָ֑ל Jb 10:19; fig. וַתְּהִי־לִ׳ אִמִּי ק׳ Je 20:17; שֹׁכְבֵי ק׳ ψ 88:6 the slain lying in grave; הַיּשְׁבִים בַּקְבָרִים Is 65:4 they who sit in the tombs (occult rite, prob. in necromancy, etc., cf. Che and RSSem. i. 180 ff.; 2nd ed. 197 ff.); קֶבֶר בְּנֵי הָעָם 2 K 23:6 i.e. burial-place of common people, so קִבְרֵי בְּנֵי הָעָם Je 26:23; pl. intens. Jb 17:1, also of stately (royal) sepulchre 2 K 22:20 = 2 Ch 34:28, Ne 3:16; 2 Ch 16:14; cf. 35:24; Jb 21:32; conceived as in lower world Ez 32:22, 23, 25, 26; ‖ אֲבַדּוֹן ψ 88:12; ψ 49:12 read קְבָרִים for קִרְבָּם Vrss and most; ק׳ פָּתוּחַ sim. of quiver Je 5:16; fig. ק׳ פ׳ גְּרֹנָם ψ 5:10; of exile Ez 37:12(×2), 13(×2)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 37 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֶבֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6913/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 3:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.22/)

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הַשְּׂמֵחִ֥ים אֱלֵי־גִ֑יל יָ֝שִׂ֗ישׂוּ כִּ֣י יִמְצְאוּ־קָֽבֶר׃

*Word for word:* the.joyful \[people\] to rejoicing \[who\].they.exult (dm) they.find \[the\].grave

*JPS 1917:* Who rejoice unto exultation, and are glad, when they can find the grave? —

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[Jeremiah 5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.16/)

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אַשְׁפָּת֖וֹ כְּקֶ֣בֶר פָּת֑וּחַ כֻּלָּ֖ם גִּבּוֹרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* quiver its \[is\].like a.grave open of.them all \[are\].warriors

*JPS 1917:* Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

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