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title: יָצוּעַ — couch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָצוּעַ (3326), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: couch. BDB 1906: couch, bed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָצוּעַ

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«יָצוּעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **couch** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 3326 · **BDB:** יָצוּעַ

### Glosses

beds (2); bed (1); my.beds (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

couch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3326/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

couch, bed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3326/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] couch, bed (poet.);—sf. יְצוּעִי Gn 49:4; pl. cstr. יְצוּעֵי 1 Ch 5:1; sf. יְצוּעָ֑י Jb 17:13 + 2 times (+ 1 K 6:5, 6, 10 Kt, v. יָצִיעַ); couch, bed, of wedlock or concubinage, Gn 49:4 (J), hence 1 Ch 5:1; in gen. ψ 63:7, עֶרֶשׂ יְצוּעָ֑י 132:3; בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָ֑י Jb 17:13 (‖ אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי; cf. ψ 139:8).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָצוּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3326/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 17:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.17.13/)

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אִם־אֲ֭קַוֶּה שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתִ֑י בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ רִפַּ֥דְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃

*Word for word:* if I.will.wait.for Sheol home my in the darkness I.have.spread.out beds my

*JPS 1917:* If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;

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[Psalms 63:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.63.7/)

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אִם־זְכַרְתִּ֥יךָ עַל־יְצוּעָ֑י בְּ֝אַשְׁמֻר֗וֹת אֶהְגֶּה־בָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* if I have.remembered.you on beds my in.\[the\] night-watches I.meditate on you

*JPS 1917:* When I remember Thee upon my couch, and meditate on Thee in the night-watches.

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