2 Kings 14:16:12 Kgs.14.16.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
vayishkav
“and he lay down or slept”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-KAV
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-KAHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈkav/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he lay down or 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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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-KAV ye-ho-ASH
- clause
va-yish-KAV ye-ho-ASH im-a-VO-taiv va-yik-KA-VER be-SHO-mer-ron IM mal-KHEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yish-KAV ye-ho-ASH im-a-VO-taiv va-yik-KA-VER be-SHO-mer-ron IM mal-KHEI yis-ra-EL va-yim-LOKH ya-ra-VAM be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The verse uses a sequence of vav-consecutive forms to signal chronological events: vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyiškāv} ‘and he lay down’, vayikkaver {וַיִּקָּבֵר | wayyiqqāver} ‘and he was buried’, and vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyimlōḵ} ‘and he reigned’.
Root and etymology
sh-k-bshin–kaph–beth
“to lie down, sleep (euphemism for die)”
In context — 2 Kings 14:16
And Jehoash lay down with his fathers and was buried in Samaria among the kings of Israel. Then Jeroboam his son assumed the kingship in his place .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 14:16, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (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 2 Kgs.14.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.16.W1.S1) and character.