2 Chronicles 26:2:72 Chr.26.2.W7TAB
שְׁכַֽב־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
shekhavhamelekh
“the lying down of the king”
- Transliteration
- she-KHAV-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- sheh-KHAHV-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʃəˈχav.hamˈmɛlɛχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the lying down of the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-KHAV-ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
a-kha-RE she-KHAV-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
a-kha-RE she-KHAV-ha-ME-lekh im-a-vo-TAV
- sentence
HU ba-NA et-e-LOT va-ye-shi-VE-ha li-ye-hu-DA a-kha-RE she-KHAV-ha-ME-lekh im-a-vo-TAV
Exegesis
The final segment is a temporal frame introduced by aharei {אַחֲרֵ֥י | ʾaḥărê} ‘after’, governing an infinitive-construct expression shekhab-hammelekh {שְׁכַֽב־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | šeḵaḇ-hammeleḵ} that functions idiomatically for the king’s death.
Root and etymology
consonantsShin–Kaf–Bet
“to lie down”
In context — 2 Chronicles 26:2
He constructed Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king lay down with his fathers .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 26:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 26:2, so the Hebrew word שְׁכַֽב־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (shekhavhamelekh) 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 2 Chr.26.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.26.2.W7.S1) and character.