2 Samuel 13:5:42 Sam.13.5.W4TAB
שְׁכַ֥ב
shekhav
“lie down”
- Transliteration
- she-KHAV
- Extended
- sheh-KHAHV
- IPA
- /ʃəˈχav/
Meaning by language
- English
- lie down
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-KHAV
- phraseyour reading level
she-KHAV al-mish-KA-ve-kha
- clause
va-YO-mer LO ye-ho-na-DAV she-KHAV al-mish-KA-ve-kha ve-hit-KHAL
- sentence
va-YO-mer LO ye-ho-na-DAV she-KHAV al-mish-KA-ve-kha ve-hit-KHAL u-VA a-VI-kha lir-o-TE-kha ve-a-mar-TA e-LAV ta-VO NA ta-MAR a-kho-TI ve-tav-re-NI LE-khem ve-a-se-TA le-e-NAI et-ha-bir-YA le-MA-an a-SHER er-E ve-a-khal-TI mi-ya-DA
Exegesis
The paired imperatives shkav {שְׁכַ֥ב | šəḵaḇ} “lie down” and Hithpael verb hitchal {וְהִתְחָ֑ל | wəhitḥāl} “make yourself sick” create a deception framework.
Root and etymology
ש־כ־ב
“to lie down”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:5
And Jehonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and make yourself appear sick. When your father comes to see you, you will say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread and let her prepare the meal before my eyes so that I may see it and eat it from her hand.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 13:5, so the Hebrew word שְׁכַ֥ב (shekhav) 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 Sam.13.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.5.W4.S1) and character.