Aramaic

Verb

קבר • ‎(qavar)

1. to bury, to inter

Hebrew

Etymology

From the root ק־ב־ר ‎(k-b-r). Compare Arabic قَبْر ‎(qabr, “grave”), قَبَرَ ‎(qabara, “to bury”), 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 form of קבר‎.

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]

Verb

קָבַר • ‎(kavár) ‎(pa'al construction, future יקבור \ יִקְבֹּר, passive participle קָבוּר, passive counterpart נִקְבַּר)

1. (transitive) To bury, to inter.

Conjugation

References

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