1 Kings 21:27:111 Kgs.21.27.W11TAB
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב
vayishkav
“and he lay”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-KAV
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-KAAV
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈkav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he lay
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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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Word in context
- word
va-yish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-KAV bas-SAK
- clause
va-yish-KAV bas-SAK va-ye-hal-LEKH AT
- sentence
va-ye-HI khish-mo-A akh-AV et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yik-RA be-ga-DAV va-ya-SEM-sak al-be-sa-RO va-ya-TSOM va-yish-KAV bas-SAK va-ye-hal-LEKH AT
Exegesis
A series of vav-consecutive Qal imperfect verbs—vayikra {וַיִּקְרַע | vay-ik-ˈraʿ}, vayasem-sak {וַיָּשֶׂם־שַׂק | va-ya-ˈsem-sak}, vayatsom {וַיַּצֹם | va-ˈya-ṭsom}, vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | va-yish-ˈkav}, vayehalekh {וַיִּהַלֵּךְ | va-ye-ha-ˈlekh}—enumerates each gesture of mourning in a cumulative pattern.
In context — 1 Kings 21:27
And it happened, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his garments and put on sackcloth upon his flesh, and he fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around slowly.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 21:27, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב (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.21.27.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.27.W11.S1) and character.