מִשְׁכָּב
mish.kav
“bed”
Definition
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
from H7901 (שָׁכַב);
- a lying down, couch, bier, act of lying 1a) couch, bed 1b) act of lying, lying down or sleeping room, bedroom 1c) lying down (for sexual contact) Aramaic equivalent: mish.kav (*מִשְׁכַּב *"bed" H4903)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מִשְׁכָּב appears 40 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,
They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
Those who walk uprightly enter into peace;they find rest, lying down in death.
Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean.
Woe to those who devise iniquityand plot evil on their beds!At morning’s light they accomplish itbecause the power is in their hands.
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