• [ שְׁכָבָה S 7902 TWOT 2381a GK 8887 ] n.f. act of lying, layer ;—only cstr.
שִׁכְבַת ;—1. act of lying , as acc. cogn. c. שׁכב 3: שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע Lv 15:18 ( P ) a man lies with her a lying of seed (in copulation), cf. 19:20 ( H ) Nu 5:13 ( P ); then ( = semen ), תֵּצֵא שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע Lv 15:1 6, 32 ( P ) 22:4 ( H ) ( + מִמֶּנּוּ ), שׁ׳ ז׳ alone 15:17 ( P ). 2. layer of dew, שִׁכְבַת הַטָּ֑ל Ex 16:1 3, 14 ( P ).
•
[
שְׁכֹ֫בֶת
S
7903
TWOT
2381b
GK
8888
Lag
BN
179
Ba
NB
144
]
n.f.
couplation
;—
sf.
, all
c.
נָתַן
: וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־שְׁכָבְתּוֹ
Nu 5:20
(
P
;
בְּ
fem
.);
לֹא תִתֵּן שְׁכָבְתְּךָ לְזָ֑רַע
Lv 18:20
(
אֶל
fem
.),
בְּכָל־בֵּהֵמָה לֹא תִתֵּן שׁ׳
v
2
3,
cf.
20:15
(all
H
).
מִשְׁכָּב
S
4904
TWOT
2381c
GK
543546
n.m.
Lv 1
5,
4
place of lying, couch; act of lying
;—
abs.
מ׳
1 K 1:47
+,
cstr.
מִשְׁכַּב
2 S 4:5
+;
sf.
מִשְׁכָּבִי
Jb 7:13
+,
מִשְׁכַּבְכֶם
ψ 4:5
;
pl. cstr.
מִשְׁכְּבֵי
Gn 49:4
+,
sf.
מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָם
Ho 7:14
+, etc.;—
1.
couch, bed
(37 times),
2 S 4:11 Ho 7:14 Mi 2:1 1 K 1:47 Ct 3:1
+;
וְנָפַל לְמ׳
Ex 21:18
(
E
)
he takes to his bed;
מ׳ נִדָּתָהּ
Lv 15:26
(
P
;
v.
sub I.
נדד
); מ׳
as place of copulation
Gn 49:4
(poem in
J
),
Is 57:7
,
8
(
×2
)
Pr 7:1
7; as place of burial
Is 57:2 Ez 32:25 2 Ch 16:14
(
v.
מ׳
Inscr.
Tabnit
8
and perhaps Jewish
inscr. Cooke
341).
•
2.
act of lying:
a.
in gen.,
חֲדַר מ׳
chamber of
lying down
=
bed-chamber,
Ex 7:28
(
E
),
2 S 4:7 2 K 6:1
2,
בְּחַדְרֵי מִשְׁכָּֽבְךָ
Ec 10:20
;
והוּא שֹׁכֵב אֵת מ׳ הַצָּהֳרַיִם
2 S 4:5
his noonday
siesta;
17:28
read perhaps
עַרְשׂת מ׳
couches for
lying down
Klo Bu HPS No
w,
cf.
G.
b.
n.
nomen
, noun.
P
Priests Code or Narrative.
Ba
J. Barth,
Nominalbildung
.
m.
masculine.
pl.
plural.
Inscr.
inscription(s);
Cooke
G. A. Cooke.
Klo
A. Klostermann.
Bu
K. Budde.
HPS H. P. Smith. Now W. Nowack.