2 Kings 20:21:12 Kgs.20.21.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 khiz-ki-YA-hu
- clause
va-yish-KAV khiz-ki-YA-hu im-a-vo-TAV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV khiz-ki-YA-hu im-a-vo-TAV va-yim-LOKH me-na-SHE ve-NO ta-KHTAV
Exegesis
The first clause features vayishkav {וַיִּשְׁכַּב | wayyiškab} ‘and he lay down’ followed by the circumstantial phrase im-avotav {עִם־אֲבֹתָיו | ʿim-ʾăbōṯāyw} ‘with his fathers’, a biblical euphemism for death.
Root and etymology
sh-k-bshin–kaph–beth
“to lie down, rest”
In context — 2 Kings 20:21
Then Hezekiah lay down with his fathers, and his son Menasheh became king in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 20:21, 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.20.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.21.W1.S1) and character.