Job 21:26:3Job.21.26.W3TAB
יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּ
yishkavu
“they lie down”
- Transliteration
- yish-ka-VU
- Extended
- yihsh-kah-VOO
- IPA
- /jiʃ.kaˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they lie down
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-ka-VU
- clause
YA-khad al-A-far yish-ka-VU
- sentence
YA-khad al-A-far yish-ka-VU ve-rim-MA te-khas-SE a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The pair of imperfect verbs yishkavu {יִשְׁכָּבוּ | yiškāḇû} ‘lie down’ and tekasseh {תְּכַסֶּ֥ה | təkasseh} ‘covers’ creates parallelism.
In context — Job 21:26
Together they lie down upon the dust , and worm covers them.
About this coordinate
Job 21:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 21:26, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּ (yishkavu) 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.21.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.26.W3.S1) and character.