עֶרֶשׂ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6210

couch — used 10 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

couch tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֶ֫רֶשׂ: n.f. couch, divan tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. Jb 7:13 couch, divan;—cstr. ע׳ Dt 3:11 +; abs. עָ֑רֶשׂ Am 3:12; sf. עַרְשִׂי Jb 7:13 +, etc.; pl. sf. עַרְשׂוֹתָם Am 6:4;—couch, divan, Am 3:12; 6:4 (‖ מִטּוֹת), + 2 S 17:28 (read עַרְשׂת מִשְׁכָּב Klo NeMarg. 18 HPS, cf. 𝔊); for lying at night Jb 7:13 ψ 6:7 (‖ מִטָּה), Pr 7:16, עֶרֶשׂ יְצוּעָ֑י ψ 132:3 the couch of (consisting in) my bed; couch of sickness ψ 41:4; marriage couch Ct 1:16; perhaps transf. to sarcophagus, as last couch עַרְשׂוֹ עֶרֶשׂ בַּרְזֶל Dt 3:11 (v. Dr).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: couch (4); [was] a sarcophagus (1); a couch (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 7:16 · tree →

מַ֭רְבַדִּים רָבַ֣דְתִּי עַרְשִׂ֑י חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹת אֵט֥וּן מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Word for word: coverings I.have.spread couch my colored.fabrics linen of.Egypt

JPS 1917: I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

Song of Songs 1:16 · tree →

הִנְּךָ֨יָפֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ אַ֣ף נָעִ֔ים אַף־עַרְשֵׂ֖נוּ רַעֲנָנָֽה׃

Word for word: here you [are].beautiful my.lover my also pleasant also couch our [is].luxuriant

JPS 1917: Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; also our couch is leafy.

On Mova

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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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