קבר

See also: קבֿר

Aramaic

Verb

קבר • (qavar)

  1. to bury, to inter

Hebrew

Etymology
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

קֶבֶר • (kéver) m (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
  • 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
  • → Yiddish: קבֿר (keyver)

Verb

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
Conjugation of קָבַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לקבור / לִקְבֹּר
  • action noun: קְבִירָה
  • passive participle: קָבוּר
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first קָבַרְתִּיקָבַרְנוּ
second קָבַרְתָּקָבַרְתְּקְבַרְתֶּם1קְבַרְתֶּן1
third קָבַרקָבְרָהקָבְרוּ
present קוֹבֵרקוֹבֶרֶתקוֹבְרִיםקוֹבְרוֹת
future first אקבור / אֶקְבֹּרנקבור / נִקְבֹּר
second תקבור / תִּקְבֹּרתִּקְבְּרִיתִּקְבְּרוּתקבורנה / תִּקְבֹּרְנָה2
third יקבור / יִקְבֹּרתקבור / תִּקְבֹּריִקְבְּרוּתקבורנה / תִּקְבֹּרְנָה2
imperative קבור / קְבֹרקִבְרִיקִבְרוּקבורנה / קְבֹרְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced קָבַרְתֶּם and קָבַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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