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”).

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) (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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