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title: עֶרֶשׂ — couch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶרֶשׂ (6210), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: couch. BDB 1906: n.f. couch, divan. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶרֶשׂ

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«עֶרֶשׂ» 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 6210 · **BDB:** עֶ֫רֶשׂ

### Glosses

couch (4); \[was\].a.sarcophagus (1); a.couch (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

couch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6210/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. couch, divan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6210/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Jb 7:13 couch, divan;—cstr. ע׳ Dt 3:11 +; abs. עָ֑רֶשׂ Am 3:12; sf. עַרְשִׂי Jb 7:13 +, etc.; pl. sf. עַרְשׂוֹתָם Am 6:4;—couch, divan, Am 3:12; 6:4 (‖ מִטּוֹת), + 2 S 17:28 (read עַרְשׂת מִשְׁכָּב Klo NeMarg. 18 HPS, cf. 𝔊); for lying at night Jb 7:13 ψ 6:7 (‖ מִטָּה), Pr 7:16, עֶרֶשׂ יְצוּעָ֑י ψ 132:3 the couch of (consisting in) my bed; couch of sickness ψ 41:4; marriage couch Ct 1:16; perhaps transf. to sarcophagus, as last couch עַרְשׂוֹ עֶרֶשׂ בַּרְזֶל Dt 3:11 (v. Dr).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶרֶשׂ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6210/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.16/)

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מַ֭רְבַדִּים רָבַ֣דְתִּי עַרְשִׂ֑י חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹת אֵט֥וּן מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* coverings I.have.spread couch my colored.fabrics linen of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

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[Song of Songs 1:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.16/)

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הִנְּךָ֨יָפֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ אַ֣ף נָעִ֔ים אַף־עַרְשֵׂ֖נוּ רַעֲנָנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* here you \[are\].beautiful my.lover my also pleasant also couch our \[is\].luxuriant

*JPS 1917:* Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; also our couch is leafy.

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