Original Language Studio

2 Samuel 17:28

“Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,” (KJV)

Tap a word · read right to left

Lexical meaning

מִשְׁכָּבmishkâb · mish-kawb'
H4904 · Hebrew

Definition: a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
Derivation: from H7901 (שָׁכַב);
KJV renderings: bed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.
Grammar: מִשְׁכָּ֤ב — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HNcmsa
Usage: Occurs 46 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 49:4 Exodus 7:28 Exodus 21:18 Leviticus 15:4 Leviticus 15:5

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 מִשְׁכָּב here.

Verse 27 Verse 29

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.