Original Language Studio
Lamentations 2:21
“The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- שָׁכְב֨וּ — verb Qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- 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.