qa.var denotes placing a deceased person, body, or bones in a grave, tomb, or designated burial place.

The verb consistently refers to the disposal of the dead in a grave, tomb, city, field, or other specified place: people carry out the act, command it, request it, or describe someone as having received it. The same use includes bodies, bones, and large numbers of dead, whether the clause focuses on those performing the action or on the person who is buried.

1. Placing the dead in a burial place · dominant

   In Genesis 23:19, the Qal perfect occurs when Abraham places Sarah in the cave of Machpelah; in Genesis 23:11 and Genesis 23:13, imperative and cohortative forms concern burying a dead person there. The same action can concern bones under a tree in 1 Chronicles 10:12, a king in a city in 1 Kings 22:37, or the multitude of Gog in Ezekiel 39:11; passive forms present the deceased as receiving burial, as in Genesis 15:15 and 1 Kings 2:10.

   Genesis 23:19Genesis 23:11Genesis 23:131 Chronicles 10:121 Kings 22:37Ezekiel 39:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the sampled clauses, the APB regularly uses “bury” or “buried,” including commands, intentions, completed acts, and passive statements. It also specifies bodies, bones, graves, tombs, cities, and fields in the surrounding verse.