Cemetery / Graveyard

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Cemetery / Graveyard

Cemetery / Graveyard

A place designated for burying the dead.

("And I said to the king, May the king live forever—why should my face not be sad, when the city, the burial place of my fathers, lies in ruins and its gates have been consumed by fire" – Nehemiah 2:3; and: "There were two cemeteries prepared for the court: one for those executed by the sword or strangulation, and one for those stoned or burned" – Sanhedrin 6:5)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בֵּית קְבָרוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

מָקוֹם הַמְּיֹעָד לִקְבֹּר אֶת הַמֵּתִים.

("וָאֹמַר לַמֶּלֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ לְעוֹלָם יִחְיֶה מַדּוּעַ לֹא יֵרְעוּ פָנַי אֲשֶׁר הָעִיר בֵּית קִבְרוֹת אֲבֹתַי חֲרֵבָה וּשְׁעָרֶיהָ אֻכְּלוּ בָאֵשׁ"- נְחֶמְיָה ב ג, וְכֵן: "שְׁתֵּי בָּתֵּי קְבָרוֹת הָיוּ מְתֻקָּנִין לְבֵית דִּין אַחַת לַנֶּהֱרָגִין וְלַנֶּחְנָקִין וְאַחַת לַנִּסְקָלִין וְלַנִּשְׂרָפִין"- סַנְהֶדְרִין ו ה)

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