Original Language Studio
2 Chronicles 9:31
“And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁכַבshâkab · shaw-kab'
H7901 · Hebrew
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
- יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 213 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:4Genesis 19:32Genesis 19:33Genesis 19:33Genesis 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.
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.