1 Kings 19:5:11 Kgs.19.5.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙
vayishkav
“and he lay down”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-KAV
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-KAHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈkav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he lay down
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
- clause
va-yish-KAV va-yi-SHAN TA-khat RO-tem e-KHAD
- sentence
va-yish-KAV va-yi-SHAN TA-khat RO-tem e-KHAD ve-hin-NE-ze mal-AKH no-GE-a BO va-YO-mer LO KUM e-KHOL
Exegesis
The narrative uses a vav-consecutive sequence with wayyishkab {וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ | wayyiškab} ‘and he lay down’ and wayyishan {וַיִּישַׁן | wayyišan} ‘and he slept’ to signal sequential actions.
In context — 1 Kings 19:5
He lay down beneath a broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly a messenger touched him and said, “Arise and eat.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 19:5, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ (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.19.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.5.W1.S1) and character.