STRONGS H7901:
Abbreviations
שָׁכַב (Lag
BN 63)
verb lie down (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew;
שכב Ecclus 47:23 (in death),
משכב bed Ecclesiasticus 40:5; Ecclesiasticus 47:20d, =
death bed Ecclesiasticus 46:19; Phoenician
שכב,
משכב (see
מ׳ 1 below), Lzb
375; Ethiopic
lie, Aramaic
שְׁכַב,
; Nabataean
משכבא couch; Arabic
only
pour out (water, tears),
be poured out (compare
Hiph. below, and Lag
BN 63)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Genesis 26:10 +, etc.;
Imperfect יִשְׁכַּב Genesis 30:15 +,
3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁכְּבֻן 1 Samuel 2:22,
יִשְׁכָּב֑וּן Joshua 2:8;
Job 30:17, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular
שְׁכַב 2 Samuel 13:5;
Ezekiel 4:4,
שִׁכְבָה Genesis 39:7,
12, etc.;
Infinitive absolute שָׁכֹב Leviticus 15:24;
construct שְׁכַב 1 Kings 1:21 +, suffix
שָׁכְבוֺ Ruth 3:4,
שִׁכְבָהּ Genesis 19:33,
35,
שָׁכְבְּךָ Deuteronomy 6:7 +
2 times;
Participle שֹׁכֵב Genesis 28:13 +, feminine
שֹׁכֶ֫בֶת Micah 7:5;
Ruth 3:8, etc.; —
1. lie down (sometimes opposed to קוּם, הֵקִיץ):
a. Judges 5:27 (prostrated by blow, + כָּרַע, נָפַל).
b. to sleep, Genesis 19:4 (J), Genesis 28:11 (E), 1 Samuel 3:5; Deuteronomy 7:7; Proverbs 6:22 + often; read וַיִּשְׁכַּב also (for וַיַּשְׁכֵּם) 1 Samuel 9:26 Th We Dr and modern; שׁ׳ + יָשֵׁן sleep 1 Kings 19:5; Psalm 3:6; Psalm 4:9, compare Proverbs 3:24 (twice in verse), + נִרְדָּם Jonah 1:5; = be lying 1 Samuel 3:2, 3; 1 Samuel 26:5 (all בְּ local), 1 Samuel 26:7; 1 Samuel 4:5 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb noon-repose), 2 Samuel 13:8, compare שֹׁכֵב בְּלֶביָֿם Proverbs 23:34, of two lying (together, for warmth) Ecclesiastes 4:11; + be sleeping 1 Samuel 26:7 = keep lying, with עַד Judges 16:3; 1 Samuel 3:15; Ruth 3:13; Proverbs 6:9; emphasis on resting, Leviticus 26:6 (H), Job 11:18; token of mourning, וְשָׁכַב אָ֑רְצָה (וְלָן) 2 Samuel 12:16, compare 2 Samuel 13:21, בַּשָּׂק שׁ׳ 1 Kings 21:27, בֵּין שְׁפַתָּ֑יִם שׁ׳ Psalm 68:14 (of indolence?); figurative of prostration by disease Psalm 41:9; among foes Psalm 57:5; of humiliation Jeremiah 3:25; with עַל of thing: land Genesis 28:13 (J), usually bed 2 Samuel 13:5; 1 Kings 21:4; Leviticus 15:4, 24, 26, compare Leviticus 15:20, for midday repose 2 Samuel 4:7.
c. lie on (עַל) one's side Ezekiel 4:4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 4:6, 9 (symbolic).
d. lie, עַל person 1 Kings 3:19 (fatally), 2 Kings 4:34 (to revive).
e. lie בְּחֵיק, of lamb (i.e. be cherished) 2 Samuel 12:3, of woman Micah 7:5 (intimacy), 1 Kings 1:2 (vital warmth); lie down for copulation Genesis 19:33, 35 (of woman, see 3 below; both opposed to קוּם).
2. = lodge (for night), (שָׁ֫מָּהׅ שׁ׳ Joshua 2:1 (E), 2 Kings 4:11, compare 2 Kings 9:16 (yet perhaps = lie ill), Leviticus 14:47 (בְּ local).
3..of sexual relations, lie with: subject man, with עִם Genesis 30:15, 16; Genesis 39:7, 12, 14 (J), Exodus 22:13 (E), Deuteronomy 22:22 + 8 times Deuteronomy; 2 Samuel 11:4, 11; 2 Samuel 12:11, 24; Leviticus 15:33; with אֶת feminine with (MT אֹתָהּ, etc., originally אִתָּהּ, etc., see Dr 2 Samuel 13:14 and II. אֵת, above), Genesis 26:10; Genesis 34:2, 7; Genesis 35:22 (all J), 1 Samuel 2:22 (omitted by and modern), 2 Samuel 13:14; Ezekiel 23:8 (figurative), Leviticus 15:24 (שָׁכֹב יִשְׁכַּב), Numbers 5:19, also (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שִׁכְבַתזֶֿרַע) Numbers 5:13; Leviticus 15:18; Leviticus 19:20; with accusative (suffix) feminine Deuteronomy 28:30 Kt (see [שָׁגֵל]); with אֵצֶל feminine Genesis 39:10 (J); with אֵת of a man (sodomy), Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13 (both H; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה); with עִםבְּֿהֵמָה Deuteronomy 27:21; Leviticus 22:18 (H); subject woman, with עִם of a man Genesis 19:32, 34, 35 (J) 2 Samuel 13:11; אֵת of a man Genesis 19:33, 34 (compare 1e above).
4.
a. lie down in death, Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 43:17 (opposed to קוּם), Ezekiel 31:18; Ezekiel 32:27, 28, 29, 30; Job 14:12 (opposed to קוּם, הֵקִיץ), וְאֶשְׁקוֺט שׁ׳ Job 3:12; be lying (dead) Isaiah 51:20; Lamentations 2:21.
b. especially in phrase עִם אֲבוֺתָיו שׁ׳ lie down with his fathers, of kings 1 Kings 1:21; 1 Kings 2:10 + 35 times Kings Chronicles, compare Genesis 47:30 (J) Deuteronomy 31:16, and (with אֵת) 2 Samuel 7:12
c. in grave, בְּבֵיתוֺ Isaiah 14:18 (opposed to מִקִּבְרְךָ), שֹׁכְבֵי קֶבֶר Psalm 88:6; לֶעָפָר Job 7:21, עַלעֿ׳ Job 20:11; Job 21:26; in She'ôl Ezekiel 32:21; in Gehenna (?) Isaiah 50:11.
5. figurative = relax: Job 30:17 my gnawing pains do not sleep; = have rest, לִבּוֺ לֹא שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 2:23.
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Niph. Pu. =
be lain with (sexually; subject woman), only as Qr for Kt [
שָׁגֵל]
Niph. Pu. which see.
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Hiph. lay, Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הִשְׁכִּיבָה with accusative puer. +
בְּחֵיק 1 Kings 3:20, so
Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix
וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵהוּ 1 Kings 3:20, compare (
עַלמִֿטָּה)
1 Kings 17:19;
2 Kings 4:21;
Infinitive absolute הַשְׁכֵּב אוֺתָם אַ֫רְצָה 2 Samuel 8:2 making them lie down on ground; Imperfect also
lay בַּמִּשְׁכָּב 2 Chronicles 16:14 (of burial);
נִבְלֵי שָׁמַיִם מִי יַשְׁכִּיב Job 38:37 i.e. tip them so that contents may flow out (compare Arabic
above).
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Hoph. Participle מֻשְׁכָּב 2 Kings 4:32 laid עַלמִֿטָּה;
Perfect consecutive
וְהֻשְׁכַּב Ezekiel 32:32 shall be laid (in death), with
בְּתוֺךְ and
אֵת person (
with); so
Imperative masculine singular
הָשְׁכְּבָה Ezekiel 32:19 (with
אֵת person only).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
19:4; 19:32; 19:33; 19:33; 19:33; 19:34; 19:34; 19:35; 19:35; 19:35; 26:10; 26:10; 28:11; 28:13; 28:13; 30:15; 30:15; 30:16; 34:2; 34:7; 35:22; 39:7; 39:7; 39:10; 39:12; 39:12; 39:14; 47:30
Exodus
22:13
Leviticus
14:47; 15:4; 15:18; 15:20; 15:24; 15:24; 15:24; 15:26; 15:33; 18:22; 19:20; 20:13; 22:18; 26:6
Numbers
5:13; 5:19
Deuteronomy
6:7; 7:7; 22:22; 27:21; 28:30; 31:16
Joshua
2:1; 2:8
Judges
5:27; 16:3
Ruth
3:4; 3:8; 3:13
1 Samuel
2:22; 2:22; 3:2; 3:3; 3:5; 3:15; 4:5; 9:26; 26:5; 26:7; 26:7
2 Samuel
4:7; 7:12; 8:2; 11:4; 11:11; 12:3; 12:11; 12:16; 12:24; 13:5; 13:5; 13:8; 13:11; 13:14; 13:14; 13:21
1 Kings
1:2; 1:21; 1:21; 2:10; 3:19; 3:20; 3:20; 17:19; 19:5; 21:4; 21:27
2 Kings
4:11; 4:21; 4:32; 4:34; 9:16
2 Chronicles
16:14
Job
3:12; 7:21; 11:18; 14:12; 20:11; 21:26; 30:17; 30:17; 38:37
Psalms
3:6; 41:9; 57:5; 68:14; 88:6
Proverbs
3:24; 6:9; 6:22; 23:34
Ecclesiastes
2:23; 4:11
Isaiah
14:8; 14:18; 43:17; 50:11; 51:20
Jeremiah
3:25
Lamentations
2:21
Ezekiel
4:4; 4:4; 4:6; 4:9; 23:8; 31:18; 32:19; 32:21; 32:27; 32:28; 32:29; 32:30; 32:32
Jonah
1:5
Micah
7:5; 7:5