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1 Kings 14:31

“And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁכַבshâkab · shaw-kab'
H7901 · Hebrew

Definition: to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּשְׁכַּ֨ב — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage: Occurs 213 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:4 Genesis 19:32 Genesis 19:33 Genesis 19:33 Genesis 19:34

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁכַב here.

Verse 30

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.