1 Kings 16:9:111 Kgs.16.9.W11TAB

שִׁכּ֔וֹר

shikor

drunk

Transliteration
shi-KOR
Extended
shih-KOHR
IPA
/ʃikˈkoːr/

Meaning by language

English
drunk

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Result
שִׁ + כּ֔וֹר
shi + kor
shikor

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    shi-KOR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    sho-TE shi-KOR

  3. clause

    ve-HU be-tir-TSa sho-TE shi-KOR BET ar-TSA a-SHER al-ha-BA-yit be-tir-TSA

  4. sentence

    va-yik-SHOR a-LAV av-DO zim-RI SAR ma-kha-TSIT ha-ra-KHEV ve-HU be-tir-TSa sho-TE shi-KOR BET ar-TSA a-SHER al-ha-BA-yit be-tir-TSA

Exegesis

The participial pair shoteh shikkor {שֹׁתֶה שִׁכּ֔וֹר | šōṯēh šikkôr} ‘drinking… drunk’ conveys progressive action and its result.

In context1 Kings 16:9

And his servant Zimri, the commander of half the chariots, conspired against him while he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 16:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 16:9, so the Hebrew word שִׁכּ֔וֹר (shikor) 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.16.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.9.W11.S1) and character.