2 Kings 13:9:12 Kgs.13.9.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
vayishkhav
“slept”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-KHAV
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-KHAHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈkav/
Meaning by language
- English
- slept
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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Word in context
- word
va-yish-KHAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-KHAV ye-ho-a-KHAZ
- clause
va-yish-KHAV ye-ho-a-KHAZ im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-be-RU-hu be-sho-me-RON
- sentence
va-yish-KHAV ye-ho-a-KHAZ im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-be-RU-hu be-sho-me-RON va-yim-LOKH yo-ASH be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The first clause employs the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect verb vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב | wayyiškāḇ} ‘and he lay down’ as a euphemism for death, followed by the idiomatic prepositional phrase im-avotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו | ʿim-āḇōtāv} ‘with his fathers’ to denote burial alongside predecessors.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–kaf–bet
“to lie down, sleep, die”
In context — 2 Kings 13:9
And Jehoahaz lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria . Then Joash his son reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 13:9, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (vayishkhav) 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 Kgs.13.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.9.W1.S1) and character.