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H7901Hשָׁכַבsha.khav

to lie down: sleepPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 2
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2
  11. 1
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 3
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. 2
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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Other meanings of H7901

  • H7901Gשָׁכַבsha.khavto lie down: lay downH:VOccurrences: 102
  • H7901Iשָׁכַבsha.khavto lie down: have sexH:VOccurrences: 50
  • H7901Jשָׁכַבsha.khavto lie down: be deadH:VOccurrences: 45

15 occurrences in 15 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 28:11

    And he lighted upon the place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

    וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב (יִּשְׁכַּ֖ב) i.yish.Kav “he lay down”

  2. Exodus 22:26

    for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

    יִשְׁכָּ֔ב yish.Kav “will he lie down”

  3. Leviticus 14:47

    And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

    וְהַשֹּׁכֵ֣ב (שֹּׁכֵ֣ב) sho.Khev “[one who] lies down”

  4. Deuteronomy 24:12

    And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

    תִשְׁכַּ֖ב tish.Kav “you will lie down”

  5. Deuteronomy 24:13

    thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

    וְשָׁכַ֥ב (שָׁכַ֥ב) sha.Khav “he will lie down”

  6. Judges 16:3

    And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before H

    וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב (יִּשְׁכַּ֣ב) i.yish.Kav “he lay down”

  7. 2 Samuel 4:5

    And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon.

    שֹׁכֵ֔ב sho.Khev “[was] lying”

  8. 2 Samuel 11:9

    But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

    וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב (יִּשְׁכַּ֣ב) i.yish.Kav “he lay down”

  9. 1 Kings 1:21

    Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.'

    כִּשְׁכַ֥ב (שְׁכַ֥ב) sh.Khav “lies down”

  10. Job 11:18

    And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

    תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃ tish.Kav “you will lie down”

  11. Job 27:19

    He lieth down rich, but there shall be not to gather; he openeth his eyes, and his wealth is not.

    יִ֭שְׁכַּב Yish.kav “he will lie down”

  12. Job 30:17

    In the night my bones are pierced, and fall from me, and my sinews take no rest.

    יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ (יִשְׁכָּבֽוּ) yish.ka.Vu “they rest”

  13. Proverbs 6:10

    'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep'--

    לִשְׁכָּֽב׃ (שְׁכָּֽב) sh.Kav “rest”

  14. Proverbs 24:33

    'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep'--

    לִשְׁכָּֽב׃ (שְׁכָּֽב) sh.Kav “rest”

  15. Ecclesiastes 2:23

    For all his days are pains, and his occupation vexation; yea, even in the night his heart taketh not rest. This also is vanity.

    שָׁכַ֣ב sha.Khav “it rests”