Genesis 39:14:16Gen.39.14.W16TAB
לִשְׁכַּ֣ב
lishekav
“to lie down”
- Transliteration
- li-she-KAV
- Extended
- lih-sheh-KAHV
- IPA
- /liʃ.ˈkav/
Meaning by language
- English
- to lie down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
li-she-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
li-she-KAV im-MI
- clause
BA ei-LAI li-she-KAV im-MI va-ek-RA be-KOL ga-DOL
- sentence
va-tik-RA le-an-SHEI vei-TAH va-to-MER la-HEM lei-MOR re-U hei-VI la-NU ISH iv-RI le-tsa-KHEK ba-NU BA ei-LAI li-she-KAV im-MI va-ek-RA be-KOL ga-DOL
Exegesis
The clause ba elai lishkav immi {בָּא אֵלַי לִשְׁכַּב עִמִּי | bāʾ ʾê-lay liš-kaḇ ʿim-mî} combines a perfect with an infinitive to charge an attempted sexual advance.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-kaf-bet
“to lie down, sleep”
In context — Genesis 39:14
She then called in the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought us a Hebrew man to mock us . He came into my presence to lie with me , but I called out with a loud voice.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:14:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 39:14, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁכַּ֣ב (lishekav) 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.39.14.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.14.W16.S1) and character.