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title: מִשְׁכָּב — place of lying · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁכָּב (4904), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 46 times: place of lying. BDB 1906: n.m. place of lying, couch; act of lying. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׁכָּב

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«מִשְׁכָּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **place of lying** — 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:** 46 times · **Key:** 4904 · **BDB:** מִשְׁכָּב²

### Glosses

bed (22); lying (5); a.bed (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

place of lying [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4904/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. place of lying, couch; act of lying [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4904/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Lv 15, 4 place of lying, couch; act of lying;—abs. מ׳ 1 K 1:47 +, cstr. מִשְׁכַּב 2 S 4:5 +; sf. מִשְׁכָּבִי Jb 7:13 +, מִשְׁכַּבְכֶם ψ 4:5; pl. cstr. מִשְׁכְּבֵי Gn 49:4 +, sf. מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָם Ho 7:14 +, etc.;— couch, bed (37 times), 2 S 4:11; Ho 7:14; Mi 2:1; 1 K 1:47; Ct 3:1 +; וְנָפַל לְמ׳ Ex 21:18 (E) he takes to his bed; מ׳ נִדָּתָהּ Lv 15:26 (P; v. sub I. נדד); מ׳ as place of copulation Gn 49:4 (poem in J), Is 57:7, 8(×2); Pr 7:17; as place of burial Is 57:2; Ez 32:25; 2 Ch 16:14 (v. מ׳ Inscr. Tabnit8 and perhaps Jewish inscr. Cooke341). act of lying: in gen., חֲדַר מ׳ chamber of lying down = bed-chamber, Ex 7:28 (E), 2 S 4:7; 2 K 6:12, בְּחַדְרֵי מִשְׁכָּֽבְךָ Ec 10:20; והוּא שֹׁכֵב אֵת מ׳ הַצָּהֳרַיִם 2 S 4:5 his noonday siesta; 17:28 read perhaps עַרְשׂת מ׳ couches for lying down Klo Bu HPS Now, cf. 𝔊. (from context) sexually: of woman מִשְׁכַּב (אִישׁ לְ) יֹּדַעַת זָכָר Ju 21:11, 12; Nu 31:17, 18, 35 (P); of man שׁכב מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה Lv 18:22; 20:13 (+ אֶת־זָכָר sodomy; H); מ׳ דֹּרִים Ez 23:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִשְׁכָּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4904/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.17/)

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נַ֥פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* I.have.sprinkled bed my myrrh aloes and cinnamon

*JPS 1917:* I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

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[Psalms 149:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.149.5/)

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יַעְלְז֣וּ חֲסִידִ֣ים בְּכָב֑וֹד יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ עַל־מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* let.them.exult faithful.\[people\] in honor let.them.sing.for.joy on beds their

*JPS 1917:* Let the saints exult in glory; let them sing for joy upon their beds.

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