Proverbs 24:33:8Prov.24.33.W8TAB
לִשְׁכָּֽב׃
lishkav
“to lie down”
- Transliteration
- lish-KAV
- Extended
- lihsh-KAAV
- IPA
- /liʃˈkaːv/
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 | 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
lish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
ya-DA-yim lish-KAV
- clause
me-AT khi-BUK ya-DA-yim lish-KAV
- sentence
me-AT she-NOT me-AT te-nu-MOT me-AT khi-BUK ya-DA-yim lish-KAV
Exegesis
The idiomatic phrase chibuk yadayim {חִבֻּק יָדַיִם | ḥibbūq yāḏāyīm} ‘folding of the hands’ conveys idleness, and the infinitive lishkav {לִשְׁכָּב | liškāḇ} with prefixed lamed indicates purpose ‘to lie down.’ The English preserves the Hebrew’s parallel structure and vivid physical imagery to maintain rhetorical force.
Root and etymology
š-k-bshin–kaf–bet
“to lie down”
In context — Proverbs 24:33
Just a little sleep, just a little slumber , just a little folding of the hands for rest.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:33:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 24:33, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁכָּֽב׃ (lishkav) 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 Prov.24.33.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.33.W8.S1) and character.