שכב

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Hebrew

Root
שׁ־כ־ב (sh-k-b)

Pronunciation

Verb

שָׁכַב • (shakháv) (pa'al construction, infinitive לִשְׁכַּב, future יִשְׁכַּב)

  1. To lie down, to be lying down, to recline.
    • 2011 July 4, רן לוי (Ran Levi), "השד של הופמן: על גילוי סם האל.אס.די" (hashéd shél hófman: ál gilúi sám ha'él.és.dí, “Hoffman's demon: on the discovery of the drug LSD”), in Ynet:
      כששכב במיטה חש כאילו הוא חולם, למרות שידע שהוא ער.
      ksheshakháv bamitá khásh k'ílu hú kholém, lamrót sheyadá shehú ér.
      As he lay in bed he felt as though he were dreaming, despite knowing that he was awake.

Conjugation

Conjugation of שָׁכַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first שָׁכַבְתִּי שָׁכַבְנוּ
second שָׁכַבְתָּ שָׁכַבְתְּ שְׁכַבְתֶּם1 שְׁכַבְתֶּן1
third שָׁכַב שָׁכְבָה שָׁכְבוּ
present שׁוֹכֵב שׁוֹכֶבֶת שׁוֹכְבִים שׁוֹכְבוֹת
future first אֶשְׁכַּב נִשְׁכַּב
second תִּשְׁכַּב תִּשְׁכְּבִי תִּשְׁכְּבוּ תִּשְׁכַּבְנָה2
third יִשְׁכַּב תִּשְׁכַּב יִשְׁכְּבוּ תִּשְׁכַּבְנָה2
imperative שְׁכַב שִׁכְבִי שִׁכְבוּ שְׁכַבְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced שָׁכַבְתֶּם and שָׁכַבְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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