2 Kings 15:22:12 Kgs.15.22.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב
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 me-na-KHEM
- clause
va-yish-KAV me-na-KHEM IM-a-vo-TAV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV me-na-KHEM IM-a-vo-TAV va-yim-LOKH pe-kha-KHI-ya ve-NO ta-KHTAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect verb vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyiškav} ‘and he lay down,’ a set phrase denoting death.
Root and etymology
sh-k-bshin–kaf–bet
“to lie down”
In context — 2 Kings 15:22
And Menachem lay down with his fathers , and Pekahyah his son became king in his place .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 15:22, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב (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.15.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.22.W1.S1) and character.