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שִׁכְבָּה

Strong’s: H7902

Associated OET lemmas: שְׁכָבָה

Other spellings: שִׁכְבָה; שְׁכָבָה

Authors: Reinier de Blois

Form 1

Part of speech: nsf

Related lemmas: שׁכב

Sense 1: layer of dew

Semantic domains: Cover (002003001005)

Core domains: Weather (193)

Definition: = a layer of dew covering the ground

Collocations: שִׁכְבַת הַטָּל

Show passage in OET: EXO 16:13

OET-RV EXO 16:13

13 And so that evening, quail appeared and covered the camp. And in the morning, something like dew was lying all around the camp,

OET-LV EXO 16:13

13 And_he/it _was in_evening and_ the_quail _it _came _up and_it _covered DOM the_camp and_in_morning it _was the _layer _of the _dew around (to)_camp.

Show passage in OET: EXO 16:14

OET-RV EXO 16:14

14 and when it evaporated, wow, it left behind thin flakes—thin like frost on the ground there in the wilderness.

OET-LV EXO 16:14

14 And_ the _layer _of (the)_dew _it _went _up and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE was_on the _surface _of the _wilderness thin_stuff flake-like thin_stuff like_hoar-frost on the_earth/land.

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Sense 2: discharge of semen, emission of semen

Semantic domains: Body Products (001004002)

Core domains: Body (019); Sex (155)

Definition: = quantity of semen ◄ emitted by the human body spontaneously or during sexual intercourse

Collocations: שִׁכְבַת זֶרַע

Show passage in OET: LEV 15:16

OET-RV LEV 15:16

16 Now when a man has an emission of semen, then he must bathe his entire body in water, and he’ll be ‘unclean’ until the evening.

OET-LV LEV 15:16

16 And_a _man if/because it _will _go _out from_him/it a _laying _of seed and_he _will _wash with_water DOM all _of body _of_his and_he _will _be _unclean until the_evening.

Show passage in OET: LEV 15:17

OET-RV LEV 15:17

17 He must also wash all his clothing, and any leather articles on him that came into contact with the semen and all of that will be ‘unclean’ until the evening.

OET-LV LEV 15:17

17 And_all garment and_all hide which it _will _be on/upon/above_him/it a _laying _of seed and_it _will _be _washed with_water and_it _will _be _unclean until the_evening.

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All 6 recorded passages for this sense

LEV: OET LEV 15:16–18 · OET LEV 15:32 · OET LEV 19:20 · OET LEV 22:4

Sense 3: to have sex

Semantic domains: Copulate (002003001004)

Core domains: Body (019); Sex (155)

Definition: literally: to lie with someone the lying of seed; hence: = action by which humans have sexual intercourse with someone else, normally resulting in an emission of semen

Forms: vbqal-

Collocations: שׁכב שִׁכְבַת זֶרַע

Show passage in OET: NUM 5:13

OET-RV NUM 5:13

13 when another man secretly has sex with her, then she becomes ‘unclean’, even though there’s no witness against her and she wasn’t caught.

OET-LV NUM 5:13

13 And_ a _man _he _will _lie DOM_her/it a _laying _of seed and_it _will _be _hidden from_the _eyes _of her/its_husband/man and_she _will _be _undiscovered and_she she _has _made _herself _unclean and_a _witness there_was_not on_her and_she not she _was _caught.

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