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title: שְׁכֹבֶת — copulation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁכֹבֶת (7903), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: copulation. BDB 1906: n.f. copulation. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁכֹבֶת

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«שְׁכֹבֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **copulation** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7903 · **BDB:** שְׁכֹ֫בֶת

### Glosses

copulation (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

copulation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7903/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. copulation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7903/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. copulation;—sf., all c. נָתַן: וַיִּתֵּן אֶת־שְׁכָבְתּוֹ Nu 5:20 (P; בְּ fem.); לֹא תִתֵּן שְׁכָבְתְּךָ לְזָ֑רַע Lv 18:20 (אֶל fem.), בְּכָל־בְּהֵמָה לֹא תִתֵּן שׁ׳ v 23, cf. 20:15 (all H).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «שְׁכֹבֶת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7903/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 18:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.18.20/)

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וְאֶל־אֵ֙שֶׁת֙ עֲמִֽיתְךָ֔ לֹא־תִתֵּ֥ן שְׁכָבְתְּךָ֖ לְזָ֑רַע לְטָמְאָה־בָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and to the.wife your.fellow.citizen your not you.will.give copulation your for seed to be.unclean by her

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

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[Leviticus 20:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.20.15/)

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וְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֧ן שְׁכָבְתּ֛וֹ בִּבְהֵמָ֖ה מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֑ת וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה תַּהֲרֹֽגוּ׃

*Word for word:* and a.man who he.will.give copulation his in an.animal surely.(die) he.will.be.put.to.death and (et) the animal you.will.kill

*JPS 1917:* And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death; and ye shall slay the beast.

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