Exodus 22:27:9Exod.22.27.W9TABWLC Exodus 22:26
יִשְׁכָּ֔ב
yishkav
“shall he sleep”
- Transliteration
- yish-KAV
- Extended
- yihsh-KAAV
- IPA
- /jiʃ.ˈkaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall he sleep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
ba-MEH yish-KAV
- clause
ba-MEH yish-KAV ve-ha-YAH ki-yits-AK e-LAI ve-sha-ma-TI ki-khan-NUN a-NI
- sentence
KI HIW ke-suu-TO le-va-DAH HIW sim-la-TO le-o-RO ba-MEH yish-KAV ve-ha-YAH ki-yits-AK e-LAI ve-sha-ma-TI ki-khan-NUN a-NI
Exegesis
In the temporal clause, yishkav {יִשְׁכָּב | yiš-kāv} ‘he will lie down’ is paired with vehayah {וְהָיָה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it will be’, followed by ki yitsaaq {כִּי יִצְעַק | kî yiṣ-ʿāq} ‘when he cries out’, using vav-consecutive perfect to express future contingency.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–kaf–bet
“to lie down, lie with”
In context — Exodus 22:27
For it is his only covering; it is his cloak for his skin—what else will he sleep in? And it shall be that when he cries out to Me , I will hear, for I am gracious .
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 22:27, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁכָּ֔ב (yishkav) 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 Exod.22.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.27.W9.S1) and character.