BDB8658
מִשְׁכָּב46
noun masculine
Lev 15:4
place of lying, couch; act of lying; — absolute ׳
מ
1Kgs 1:47 +,
construct מִשְׁכַּב
2Sam 4:5 +; suffix
מִשְׁכָּבִי
Job 7:13 +,
מִשְׁכַּבְכֶם
Ps 4:5 plural construct
מִשְׁכְּבֵי
Gen 49:4 +, suffix
מִשְׁכְּבוֺהָם
Hos 7:14 +, etc.;
—
1.
couch, bed (37 t.), 2Sam 4:11; Hos 7:14; Mic 2:1; 1Kgs 1:47; Song 3:1 +; ׳
וְנָפַל לְמ
Exod 21:18
(
E
) he takes to his bed; נִדָּתָהּ
׳
מ
Lev 15:26 (
P
; see below I. נדד); ׳
מ as place of copulation Gen 49:4 (poem in
J
), Isa 57:7
; Isa 57:8
(twice in verse); Prov 7:17 as place of burial Isa 57:2; Ezek 32:25; 2Chr 16:14 (see ׳
מ Inscription Tabnit8 and perhaps Jewish inscription
Cooke341).
2.
act of lying:
a. in general, ׳
חֲדַר מ chamber of lying down = bed-chamber, Exod 7:28 (
E
), 2Sam 4:7
; 2Kgs 6:12
, בְּחַדְרֵי מִשְׁכָּֽבְךָ
Eccl 10:20
הַצָּהֳרַיִם
׳
והוּא שֹׁכֵב אֵת מ
2Sam 4:5 his
noon-day siesta; 2Sam 17:28 read perhaps ׳
עַרְשׂת מ couches for lying down
Klo
Bu
HPS
Now, compare
ᵐ5
.
b. (from context) sexually: of woman יֹדַעַת (אִישׁ לְ) מִשְׁכַּב
זָכָת
Judg 21:11;
Judg 21:12;
Num 31:17;
Num 31:35 (
P
); of man שׁכב מִשְׁכְּבֵי
אִשָּׁה
Lev 18:22;
Lev 20:13 (+
אֶתזָֿכָר sodomy;
H
); ׳
דֹּדִים מ
Ezek 23:17
.
BDB9948
שׁכב (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew
שָׁכַב
, מִשְׁכָּב).