Genesis 19:33:11Gen.19.33.W11TAB
בְּשִׁכְבָ֖הּ
beshikhevah
“when she lay down”
- Transliteration
- be-shi-khe-VAH
- Extended
- beh-shih-kheh-VAAH
- IPA
- /bə.ʃi.xəˈvaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- when she lay down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-shi-khe-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-ya-DA be-shi-khe-VAH
- clause
va-ta-VO ha-be-khi-RA va-ti-she-KAV et-a-VI-a ve-lo-ya-DA be-shi-khe-VAH u-ve-ku-MAH
- sentence
va-tash-KEI-na et-a-vi-HEN YA-yin ba-LAI-la HU va-ta-VO ha-be-khi-RA va-ti-she-KAV et-a-VI-a ve-lo-ya-DA be-shi-khe-VAH u-ve-ku-MAH
Exegesis
The negated clause velo yada {וְלֹא־יָדַע | wə-lō-yā-ḏaʿ} ‘and he did not know’ is followed by beshikhvah {בְּשִׁכְבָהּ | bə-šiḵ-ḇāh} ‘in her lying down’ and uvkumah {וּבְקוּמָהּ | û-ḇə-qû-māh} ‘and in her rising up’, which function as temporal phrases rendered as “when she lay down” and “when she got up,” underscoring his complete unawareness.
Root and etymology
sh-kh-vshin–kaf–bet
“to lie down”
In context — Genesis 19:33
So they made their father drink wine that night. Then the elder daughter came in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:33:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 19:33, so the Hebrew word בְּשִׁכְבָ֖הּ (beshikhevah) 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 Gen.19.33.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.33.W11.S1) and character.