קבר

קבר • (qavar)

1. to bury, to inter

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”).

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1. A grave, a gravesite.
2. (קֶבֶר־‎, kéver-) Singular construct state form of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)‎.

• 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]

• → Yiddish: קבֿר‎ (keyver)

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

1. (transitive) To bury, to inter.

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