1 Kings 21:15:41 Kgs.21.15.W4TAB
כִּֽי־סֻקַּ֥ל
kisukkal
“that he was stoned”
- Transliteration
- ki-suk-KAL
- Extended
- kee-suhk-KAHL
- IPA
- /kiː suqˈqal/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he was stoned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ki-suk-KAL
- phraseyour reading level
ki-suk-KAL na-VOT
- clause
va-ye-HI kish-mo-A i-ze-VEL ki-suk-KAL na-VOT va-ya-MOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI kish-mo-A i-ze-VEL ki-suk-KAL na-VOT va-ya-MOT va-to-MER i-ze-VEL el-a-KHAAV KUM RESH et-KE-rem na-VOT ha-yiz-re-e-LI a-SHER me-EN la-TET-le-KHA ve-KHE-sef KI EN na-VOT KHAI ki-MET
Exegesis
The Pual participle sukkal {סֻקַּל | sukkal} ‘was stoned’ foregrounds Naboth’s execution, immediately followed by the vav-consecutive imperfect wayyāmoṯ {וַיָּמֹת | wayyāmôt} ‘and he died’, underscoring finality.
Root and etymology
Rootsamekh–qoph–lamed
“to stone”
In context — 1 Kings 21:15
And it happened that when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, she said to Ahab, “Arise and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you silver , for Naboth is not alive but dead.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 21:15, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־סֻקַּ֥ל (kisukkal) 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.21.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.15.W4.S1) and character.