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Numbers 5:13

“And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;” (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: וְ — conjunction
שָׁכַ֨ב — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqq3ms
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.

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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.