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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shi-KOR
- phraseyour reading level
sho-TE shi-KOR
- clause
ve-HU be-tir-TSa sho-TE shi-KOR BET ar-TSA a-SHER al-ha-BA-yit be-tir-TSA
- 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 context — 1 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.