1 Kings 16:28:11 Kgs.16.28.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
vayishkav
“and he lay down or slept”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-KAV
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-KAHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈkav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he lay down or slept
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-KAV om-RI
- clause
va-yish-KAV om-RI im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-shom-RON
- sentence
va-yish-KAV om-RI im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-shom-RON va-yim-LOKH akh-AV be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the Hebrew vav-consecutive clause vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | və-yiš-kaḇ} ‘and he lay down’, a Qal imperfect functioning as a euphemism for death.
Root and etymology
ש־כ־ב
“to lie down, sleep, die”
In context — 1 Kings 16:28
And Omri lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria , and Ahab his son reigned in his place .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:28, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (vayishkav) 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.16.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.28.W1.S1) and character.