מִשְׁכָּב
miškāb
place of lying
Strong's H4904NounHebrewTWOT 2381c

מִשְׁכָּב (miškāb) is a Hebrew noun meaning place of lying. It appears 46 times in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4904).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2381c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2381c)place of lying, couch, act of lying; bed, bier, sleep, intercourse; bedchamber, lieth with
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מִשְׁכָּב noun, masculine: place of lying, couch, act of lying

Strong's H4904 מִשְׁכָּב: a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
KJV:bed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2381: שָׁכַב šākab — lie down; lodge, lie; be lain with; lay; laid; cast down, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay

See it in Scripture

Genesis 49:4Leviticus 15:4Numbers 31:17

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