שְׁכָבָה
shᵉkâbâh · shek-aw-baw'
a lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7901 (שָׁכַב);
a lying down (of dew, or for the sexual act)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] carnally, copulation, [idiom] lay, seed.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁכָבָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of copulation3 · 33%
- lay1 · 11%
- that lay1 · 11%
- and of him whose seed1 · 11%
- carnally1 · 11%
- whose seed1 · 11%
- with her carnally1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.