Job 14:12:2Job.14.12.W2TAB
שָׁכַ֗ב
shakhav
“lies down”
- Transliteration
- sha-KHAV
- Extended
- shaa-KHAHV
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈχav/
Meaning by language
- English
- lies down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
sha-KHAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ISH sha-KHAV
- clause
ve-ISH sha-KHAV ve-LO-YA-KUM ad-BIL-te sha-MA-yim LO ya-KI-tsu
- sentence
ve-ISH sha-KHAV ve-LO-YA-KUM ad-BIL-te sha-MA-yim LO ya-KI-tsu ve-LO-ye-O-ru mi-she-NA-tam
Exegesis
The verse opens with ve-ish {וְאִישׁ | wə-ʾîš} ‘and a man’, followed by shakav {שָׁכַב | šā-ḵaḇ} ‘he lay down’, presenting death as a completed state.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–kaf–bet
“to lie down”
In context — Job 14:12
So a man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, he will not awake, nor be roused from his sleep.
About this coordinate
Job 14:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 14:12, so the Hebrew word שָׁכַ֗ב (shakhav) 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 Job.14.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.12.W2.S1) and character.