2 Kings 15:38:12 Kgs.15.38.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 yo-TAM
- clause
va-yish-KAV yo-TAM im-a-VO-tav va-yik-ka-VER im-a-VO-tav be-IR da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV yo-TAM im-a-VO-tav va-yik-ka-VER im-a-VO-tav be-IR da-VID a-VIV va-yim-LOKH a-KHAZ be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive imperfect for sequential progression, beginning with vayyishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyiškav} ‘and he lay down’ as an idiom for death.
Root and etymology
Rootš-k-b
“to lie down”
In context — 2 Kings 15:38
And Jotham lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father. And Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:38:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 15:38, 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.15.38.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.38.W1.S1) and character.