2 Samuel 13:8:72 Sam.13.8.W7TAB
שֹׁכֵ֑ב
shokhev
“lying down”
- Transliteration
- sho-KHEV
- Extended
- shoh-KHEHV
- IPA
- /ʃoːˈχɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- lying down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
sho-KHEV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HU sho-KHEV
- clause
va-te-LEKH ta-MAR BET am-NON a-KHI-ha ve-HU sho-KHEV
- sentence
va-te-LEKH ta-MAR BET am-NON a-KHI-ha ve-HU sho-KHEV va-tik-KAKH et-ha-ba-TSEK ve-ta-losh va-ta-LASH va-te-la-BEV le-e-NAI-v va-te-va-SHEL et-ha-le-vi-VOT
Exegesis
The construct sequence beit Amnon achiha {בֵּ֛ית אַמְנ֥וֹן אָחִ֖יהָ | bêṯ ām-nôn ʾā-ḥî-hā} ‘house of Amnon her brother’ marks possession, while the participle shochev {שֹׁכֵ֑ב | šō-ḵē-ḇ} ‘lying down’ describes Amnon’s posture.
Root and etymology
ש־כ־ב
“to lie down”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:8
Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon while he was lying down. She took the dough , kneaded it, shaped it into cakes before his eyes, and cooked them.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 13:8, so the Hebrew word שֹׁכֵ֑ב (shokhev) 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.13.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.8.W7.S1) and character.