וְשָׁכַב עִמָּהּ
To lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose) · adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with ; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
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שָׁכַב H7901 to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
עִם H5973 adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with ; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
What does וְשָׁכַב עִמָּהּ (veshakhav immah) mean in the Bible?
שָׁכַב · עִם is a Hebrew word meaning "Lie with sexually".
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Meaning
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 91×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 2×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 3×
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 1×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×
Hebrew Verb Forms
How this verb appears across 98 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).
Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).
Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)