1 Kings 16:6:11 Kgs.16.6.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 ba-SHA
- clause
va-yish-KAV ba-SHA im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-tir-TSA
- sentence
va-yish-KAV ba-SHA im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-tir-TSA va-yim-LOKH e-LA ve-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
In this historical narrative, a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs marks royal events: vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyishḳāḇ} ‘and he lay down’, vayikkaber {וַיִּקָּבֵר | wayyiqqāḇēr} ‘and he was buried’, and vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyimlōḵ} ‘and then he reigned’.
Root and etymology
shin–kaph–bets k b
“to lie down, rest”
In context — 1 Kings 16:6
Then Baasha lay down with his fathers , was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah then reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:6, 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.16.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.6.W1.S1) and character.