2 Kings 14:22:72 Kgs.14.22.W7TAB
שְׁכַֽב־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
shekhavhamelekh
“the sleeping of the king”
- Transliteration
- she-KHAV-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- sheh-KHAHV-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʃəˈχav.hamˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sleeping 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-LAT va-ye-shi-VE-ha li-ye-hu-DA a-kha-RE she-KHAV-ha-ME-lekh im-a-vo-TAV
Exegesis
The temporal frame is supplied by achare {אַחֲרֵי | ʾaḥărê} ‘after’ governing the infinitive-construct chain shekav-hammelek {שְׁכַב־הַמֶּלֶךְ | šəḵaḇ-ham-meleḵ}, which, together with im-avotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim-ʾăḇōṯāw} ‘with his fathers’, forms a conventional Hebrew idiom for the king’s death.
Root and etymology
שׁ־כ־בshin–kaf–bet
“to lie down”
In context — 2 Kings 14:22
He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king lay down with his fathers.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 14:22, 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 Kgs.14.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.22.W7.S1) and character.