יָצוּעַyâtsûwaʻ
יָצוּעַ: couch, bed, of wedlock or concubinage (Genesis 49:4; 1 Chronicles 5:1; Job 17:13; 1 Kings 6:5; 1 Kings 6:6)
Pronunciation: yaw-tsoo'-ah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3326
Meanings
יָצִיעַ: properly flat surface, only of lower projecting story of temple (1 Kings 6:10; 1 Kings 6:5; 1 Kings 6:6; 1 Kings 6:8; Ezekiel 41:5)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 49:4 But you are as unruly as a flood, and you will be first no longer. For you went to bed with my wife; you defiled my marriage couch.
- 1 Kings 6:5 He built a complex of rooms against the outer walls of the Temple, all the way around the sides and rear of the building.
- 1 Kings 6:6 The complex was three stories high, the bottom floor being 7 1⁄2 feet wide, the second floor 9 feet wide, and the top floor 10 1⁄2 feet wide. The rooms were connected to the walls of the Temple by beams resting on ledges built out from the wall. So the beams were not inserted into the walls themselves.
- 1 Kings 6:10 As already stated, he built a complex of rooms along the sides of the building, attached to the Temple walls by cedar timbers. Each story of the complex was 7 1⁄2 feet high.
- 1 Chronicles 5:1 The oldest son of Israel was Reuben. But since he dishonored his father by sleeping with one of his father’s concubines, his birthright was given to the sons of his brother Joseph. For this reason, Reuben is not listed in the genealogical records as the firstborn son.
- Job 17:13 What if I go to the grave and make my bed in darkness?
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).