מִשְׁכָּב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4904

place of lying — used 46 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

place of lying tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִשְׁכָּב²: n.m. place of lying, couch; act of lying tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Lv 15, 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.;— 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 7:17; as place of burial Is 57:2; Ez 32:25; 2 Ch 16:14 (v. מ׳ Inscr. Tabnit8 and perhaps Jewish inscr. Cooke341). act of lying: in gen., חֲדַר מ׳ chamber of lying down = bed-chamber, Ex 7:28 (E), 2 S 4:7; 2 K 6:12, 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 Now, cf. 𝔊. (from context) sexually: of woman מִשְׁכַּב (אִישׁ לְ) יֹּדַעַת זָכָר Ju 21:11, 12; Nu 31:17, 18, 35 (P); of man שׁכב מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה Lv 18:22; 20:13 (+ אֶת־זָכָר sodomy; H); מ׳ דֹּרִים Ez 23:17.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: bed (22); lying (5); a bed (4).

In the verses

Proverbs 7:17 · tree →

נַ֥פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃

Word for word: I.have.sprinkled bed my myrrh aloes and cinnamon

JPS 1917: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Psalms 149:5 · tree →

יַעְלְז֣וּ חֲסִידִ֣ים בְּכָב֑וֹד יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ עַל־מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָֽם׃

Word for word: let.them.exult faithful.[people] in honor let.them.sing.for.joy on beds their

JPS 1917: Let the saints exult in glory; let them sing for joy upon their beds.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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