קֶ֫בֶר67 H6913
qever -- a grave, tomb, or burial place; the place where a corpse is interred
The masculine noun qever denotes a grave or tomb -- the place where the dead are laid to rest. It appears prominently in the patriarchal narratives, where Abraham negotiates to purchase the cave of Machpelah as an 'ahuzzat-qever,' a possession for burial (Gen 23:4, 9, 20). The word covers the full range from simple earthen graves to hewn rock tombs (Isa 22:16) and even mass burial sites (Ezek 32:22-26). In Jeremiah 20:17, it is used figuratively of the womb as a grave. The plural qivroth appears in the evocative place-name Kibroth-hattaavah, 'graves of craving' (Num 11:34). Cross-lingual glosses converge tightly: Spanish tumba/sepulcro, French tombeau/sepulcre, German Grab -- all pointing to a single undifferentiated concept of burial place.
Senses
1. grave, tomb, burial place — A burial place, grave, or tomb where a dead body is interred, ranging from a simple pit to a hewn sepulchre. Abraham's purchase of the cave of Machpelah as an ahuzzat-qever (Gen 23:4, 9, 20) establishes the word's concrete sense early in Scripture, while Jeremiah's womb-as-grave metaphor (Jer 20:17) and Ezekiel's mass graves of the nations (Ezek 32:22-26) show its figurative reach. Spanish sepulcro, French tombeau, and German Grab converge uniformly on a single burial concept with no polysemy across all 67 occurrences. 67×
AR["القَبْرَ","القَبْرِ","بِـ-قَبْر","في-قَبْرِ","فِي-قَبْرِ","قَبْرًا","قَبْرٍ","قُبُورِ","لِلْقَبْرِ"]·ben["-কবরে","কবর","কবরগুলি","কবরে","কবরে-","কবরের"]·DE["Grab","Grabes","[קבר]","[קברות]","ein-Grab","eines-Grabes","in-Grab-von"]·EN["a-burial-place","a-grave","burial","grave","in-grave-of","in-tomb-of","the-grave","tomb","tombs-of"]·FR["burial","dans-sépulcre-de","dans-tombeau-de","enterrer","tombe","tombeau","un-burial-lieu","un-sépulcre"]·heb["ב-קבר","קבר","קברות","קברי"]·HI["कब्र","कब्र-का","कब्र-के","कब्र-में","कब्रमें","कब्रों","कब्रों-का","कब्रों-के","बकेवेर-में"]·ID["Abner","di-kubur","ke-kubur","kubur","kubur-kubur","kuburan","kuburan-kuburan"]·IT["burial","il-grave","in-sepolcro-di","in-tomba-di","sepolcro","tomba","un-burial-luogo","un-tomba"]·jav["ing-kubur","ing-kuburan","ing-pasaréan","kubur","kuburan","pakuburan","pasarean","pasaréan","wonten-ing-kuburan","wonten-ing-kuburan-","wonten-ing-pasarean","wonten-kubur"]·KO["~에-무덤","묘실들-의","무덤","무덤-에","무덤들-의","무덤에","무덤을","무덤의","안에서-무덤-","에-무덤"]·PT["em-sepulcro-de","em-sepultura-de","na-sepultura-de","no-sepulcro-de","sepulcro","sepulcros-de","sepultura","sepulturas-de"]·RU["в-гробнице","в-гробнице-","в-гробницу","гроб","гробниц","гробницу","гробницы","гробу","для-гробницы","погребения"]·ES["en-la-tumba-de","en-sepulcro-de","en-sepultura-de","en-tumba-de","sepulcro","sepulcros-de","sepultura"]·SW["kaburi","katika-kaburi","katika-kaburi-la","kibrey","maiti","makaburi-ya"]·TR["-de-mezar","de-mezarında","kabrinde","mezar","mezara","mezarlarının","mezarın","mezarında"]·urd["قبر","قبر-میں","قبر-میں-","قبر-کی","قبروں-کی","میں-قبر"]
Gen 23:4, Gen 23:6, Gen 23:9, Gen 23:20, Gen 49:30, Gen 50:13, Exod 14:11, Num 19:16, Num 19:18, Judg 8:32, Judg 16:31, 2 Sam 2:32 (+38 more)
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
קֶ֫בֶר67 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…