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…