Lexical Summary shakab: to lie down Original Word: שָׁכַבTransliteration: shakab Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kab') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to lie down Meaning: to lie down Strong's Concordance cast down, lay self down, make to lie down, down to sleep, still with, lodge, ravish, A primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose) -- X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay. Brown-Driver-Briggs H7901. shakab שָׁכַב (LagBN 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 משכב שכב, (see ׳מ 1 below), Lzb375; Ethiopic lie, Aramaic שְׁכַב, ; Nabataean משכבא couch; Arabic only pour out (water, tears), be poured out (compare Hiph`il below, and LagBN 63)); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ Genesis 26:10 +, etc.; Imperfect יִשְׁכַּב 30:15 +, 3 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 2t.; Participle שֹׁכֵב Genesis 28:13 +, feminine שֹׁכֶ֫בֶת Micah 7:5; Ruth 3:8, etc.; — 1 lie down (sometimes opposed to הֵקִיץ קוּם,): a. Judges 5:27 (prostrated by blow, + נָפַל כָּרַע,). b. to sleep, Genesis 19:4 (J), 28:11 (E), 1 Samuel 3:5; Deuteronomy 7:7; Proverbs 6:22 + often; read וַיִּשְׁכַּב also (for וַיַּשְׁכֵּם) 1 Samuel 9:26 ᵐ5 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, 26:5 (all בְּ local), 26:7; 4:5 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb noon-repose), 2 Samuel 13:8, compare בְּלֶביָֿם שֹׁכֵב 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, אָ֑רְצָה וְשָׁכַב (וְלָן) 2 Samuel 12:16, compare 13:21, ׳שׁ בַּשָּׂק 1 Kings 21:27, ׳שׁ שְׁפַתָּ֑יִם בֵּין Psalm 68:14 (of indolence?); figurative of prostration by disease 41:9; among foes 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 15:20, for midday repose 2 Samuel 4:7. c. lie on (עַל) one's side Ezekiel 4:4 (twice in verse); 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), ׳שׁ (שָׁ֫מָּהׅ Joshua 2:1 (E), 2 Kings 4:11, compare 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, 39:7, 12, 14 (J), Exodus 22:13 (E), Deuteronomy 22:22 8t. Deuteronomy; 2 Samuel 11:4, 11; 12:11, 24; Leviticus 15:33; with אֶת feminine with (אֹתָהּ ᵑ0, etc., originally אִתָּהּ, etc., see Dr2 Samuel 13:14 and II. אֵת, p. 85:a above), Genesis 26:10; 34:2, 7; 35:22 (all J), 1 Samuel 2:22 (omitted by ᵐ5 and modern), 2 Samuel 13:14; Ezekiel 23:8 (figurative), Leviticus 15:24 (יִשְׁכַּב שָׁכֹב), Numbers 5:19, also (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שִׁכְבַתזֶֿרַע) 5:13; Leviticus 15:18; 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; 20:13 (both H; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb אִשָּׁה מִשְׁכְּבֵי); 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; 43:17 (opposed to קוּם), Ezekiel 31:18; 32:27-28, 29, 30; Job 14:12 (opposed to הֵקִיץ קוּם,), ׳שׁ וְאֶשְׁקוֺט 3:12; be lying (dead) Isaiah 51:20; Lamentations 2:21. b. especially in phrase ׳שׁ אֲבוֺתָיו עִם lie down with his fathers, of kings 1 Kings 1:21; 2:10 35t. 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), קֶבֶר שֹׁכְבֵי Psalm 88:6; לֶעָפָר Job 7:21, ׳עַלעֿ 20:11; 21:26; in sh®°ôl Ezekiel 32:21; in Gehenna (?) Isaiah 50:11. 5 figurative = relax: Job 30:17 my gnawing pains do not sleep; = have rest, שׁ ׳לֹא לִבּוֺ Ecclesiastes 2:23. Niph`al Pu`al = be lain with (sexually; subject woman), only as Qr for Kt [שָׁגֵל] Niph`al Pu`al q. v. Hiph`il lay, Perfect3feminine singular הִשְׁכִּיבָה with accusative puer. + בְּחֵיק 1 Kings 3:20, so Imperfect3feminine singular suffix וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵהוּ 3:20, compare (עַלמִֿטָּה) 17:19; 2 Kings 4:21; Infinitive absolute אַ֫רְצָה אוֺתָם הַשְׁכֵּב 2 Samuel 8:2 making them lie down on ground; Imperfect also lay בַּמִּשְׁכָּב2 Chronicles 16:14 (of burial); יַשְׁכִּיב מִי שָׁמַיִם נִבְלֵי Job 38:37 i.e. tip them so that contents may flow out (compare Arabic above). Hoph`al 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 32:19 (with אֵת person only). |