שְׁכָבָהshᵉkâbâh
act of lying, layer
Pronunciation: shek-aw-baw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7902
Meanings
1. act of lying (Leviticus 15:18; Leviticus 19:20; Numbers 5:13)
2. layer, of dew (Exodus 16:13; Exodus 16:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 16:13 That evening vast numbers of quail flew in and covered the camp. And the next morning the area around the camp was wet with dew.
- Exodus 16:14 When the dew evaporated, a flaky substance as fine as frost blanketed the ground.
- Leviticus 15:16 “Whenever a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body in water, and he will remain ceremonially unclean until the next evening.
- Leviticus 15:17 Any clothing or leather with semen on it must be washed in water, and it will remain unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 15:18 After a man and a woman have sexual intercourse, they must each bathe in water, and they will remain unclean until the next evening.
- Leviticus 15:32 These are the instructions for dealing with anyone who has a bodily discharge—a man who is unclean because of an emission of semen
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).