1 Kings 16:11:31 Kgs.16.11.W3TAB

כְּשִׁבְתּ֣וֹ

keshivto

as he sat

Transliteration
ke-shiv-TO
Extended
keh-shihv-TOO
IPA
/kəʃivˈtoː/

Meaning by language

English
as he sat

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כְּ + שִׁבְ + תּ֣וֹ
ke + shiv + to
keshivto

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-shiv-TO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ke-shiv-TO al-KIS-O

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ve-mal-KHO ke-shiv-TO al-KIS-O hi-KA et-KOL-BET ba-SHA lo-hi-she-IR LO mash-TIN be-KIR

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ve-mal-KHO ke-shiv-TO al-KIS-O hi-KA et-KOL-BET ba-SHA lo-hi-she-IR LO mash-TIN be-KIR ve-go-a-LAV ve-re-E-HU

Exegesis

Two temporal modifiers, bəmalkho {בְמָלְכוֹ | bə-māl-kô} ‘in his reign’ and kəšivto {כְּשִׁבְתּ֣וֹ | kə-šîv-tô} ‘as he sat’, establish immediacy upon enthronement.

In context1 Kings 16:11

And it happened, when he began to reign and sat upon his throne, that he struck down all the house of Baasha. He did not leave for him one who urinates against a wall nor any of his kinsmen or his friends .

About this coordinate

1 Kings 16:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 16:11, so the Hebrew word כְּשִׁבְתּ֣וֹ (keshivto) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.16.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.11.W3.S1) and character.