וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ (ū·ḇə·šā·ḵə·bə·ḵā) in Deuteronomy 6:7: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ (ū·ḇə·šā·ḵə·bə·ḵā) in Deuteronomy 6:7
Source Word
The Deuteronomy 6:7 BSB+ word-table row 9 anchors וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ as H7901, Conj-w, Prep-b | V-Qal-Inf | 2ms, for the rendering "when you lie down."
How The Form Affects Interpretation
When you lie down shows how the infinitive and beth form a temporal circumstance, adding evening rest to the verse's picture of continual family instruction. When you lie down communicates the temporal force of beth, while and reflects the waw that joins this moment to the surrounding sequence.
How To Communicate It
Set when you lie down beside sitting at home, walking on the road, and rising, then show how the coordinated time phrases widen instruction beyond a classroom moment.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Do not turn the four daily settings into a rigid timetable or let the grammar displace the verse's concern for diligent, whole-life teaching.
- The infinitive does not carry finite tense; beth and the larger series give it the temporal sense expressed by when.
- The construction does not regulate a sleep schedule or imply that teaching occurs only at four literal moments of the day.
What Does The Label Mean?
Hebrew-verb
Verb
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Qal
Inf
Not applicable
Not applicable
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Waw conjunction, beth preposition
Second person masculine singular
The waw links this phrase with the surrounding series, beth gives the infinitive a temporal setting, and the second-person suffix identifies the hearer whose lying down marks one moment of daily instruction.
The beth-prefixed Qal infinitive turns lying down into a when-clause, while waw coordinates it with the other recurring settings of instruction.
What The Form Does In This Verse
The temporal series of sitting, walking, lying down, and rising in Deuteronomy 6:7
The command to teach the Lord's words diligently and speak of them across ordinary household life
The beth-prefixed Qal infinitive turns lying down into a when-clause, while waw coordinates it with the other recurring settings of instruction.
The construction does not regulate a sleep schedule or imply that teaching occurs only at four literal moments of the day.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The form makes lying down one coordinated time setting in a verse that carries covenant teaching into the household's daily rhythm.
The waw links this phrase with the surrounding series, beth gives the infinitive a temporal setting, and the second-person suffix identifies the hearer whose lying down marks one moment of daily instruction.. The beth-prefixed Qal infinitive turns lying down into a when-clause, while waw coordinates it with the other recurring settings of instruction.. Attached to the temporal series of sitting, walking, lying down, and rising in Deuteronomy 6:7. Governed by the command to teach the Lord's words diligently and speak of them across ordinary household life. The construction does not regulate a sleep schedule or imply that teaching occurs only at four literal moments of the day.
Why does Deuteronomy 6:7 include when you lie down in its teaching command? The phrase adds the time of evening rest to a coordinated picture of speaking the Lord's words throughout ordinary daily life.
Direct: When you lie down communicates the temporal force of beth, while and reflects the waw that joins this moment to the surrounding sequence.
The infinitive does not carry finite tense; beth and the larger series give it the temporal sense expressed by when. The second-person suffix identifies the addressed covenant hearer, while the whole command includes transmission to the next generation.
Conj-w, Prep-b | V-Qal-Inf | 2ms at Deuteronomy 6:7 treated as the whole interpretation: Do not turn the four daily settings into a rigid timetable or let the grammar displace the verse's concern for diligent, whole-life teaching. the English rendering "when you lie down" detached from its Hebrew form: Keep "when you lie down" connected to וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖, row 9, and the full Deuteronomy 6:7 clause.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The Deuteronomy 6:7 BSB+ word-table row 9 anchors וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ as H7901, Conj-w, Prep-b | V-Qal-Inf | 2ms, for the rendering "when you lie down."
For h7901-deuteronomy-6-7-conj-w-prep-b-v-qal-inf-2ms, שָׁכַב is the lemma behind "when you lie down" at row 9; this exact token keeps H7901 tied to Deuteronomy 6:7.
The waw links this phrase with the surrounding series, beth gives the infinitive a temporal setting, and the second-person suffix identifies the hearer whose lying down marks one moment of daily instruction.
Deuteronomy 6:7 places covenant instruction within the normal rhythm of home, travel, evening, and morning so that the Lord's words are not confined to formal occasions.
The temporal phrase serves Deuteronomy's call for whole-life remembrance and teaching; it does not make the posture of lying down spiritually meritorious.
Set when you lie down beside sitting at home, walking on the road, and rising, then show how the coordinated time phrases widen instruction beyond a classroom moment.
Do not turn the four daily settings into a rigid timetable or let the grammar displace the verse's concern for diligent, whole-life teaching.