2 Kings 21:18:12 Kgs.21.18.W1TAB
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
vayishkhav
“and he lay down or slept”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-KHAV
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-KAAV
- 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-KHAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yish-KHAV me-na-SHE
- clause
va-yish-KHAV me-na-SHE im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-gan-BE-to be-gan-u-ZA
- sentence
va-yish-KHAV me-na-SHE im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-ka-VER be-gan-BE-to be-gan-u-ZA va-yim-LOKH a-MON be-NO ta-KHTAV
Exegesis
The narrative uses the sequential vav-consecutive forms wayyiskav {וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב | wayyiskav | wayyiškav} “and he lay down” and wayyiqqaver {וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר | wayyiqqaver | wayyiqqāvēr} “and he was buried” to structure events.
Root and etymology
ש־כ־ב
“to lie down; euphemism for die”
In context — 2 Kings 21:18
Manasseh lay down with his fathers, and he was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza. Then his son Amon reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 21:18, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב (vayishkhav) 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.21.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.18.W1.S1) and character.