שכב

Hebrew
Root
שׁ־כ־ב‎

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
  • to-infinitive: לִשְׁכַּב‎
  • action noun: שְׁכִיבָה‎
  • passive participle: שָׁכוּב‎
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first שָׁכַבְתִּי‎שָׁכַבְנוּ‎
second שָׁכַבְתָּ‎שָׁכַבְתְּ‎שְׁכַבְתֶּם‎1שְׁכַבְתֶּן‎1
third שָׁכַבשָׁכְבָה‎שָׁכְבוּ‎
present שׁוֹכֵב‎שׁוֹכֶבֶת‎שׁוֹכְבִים‎שׁוֹכְבוֹת‎
future first אֶשְׁכַּב‎נִשְׁכַּב‎
second תִּשְׁכַּב‎תִּשְׁכְּבִי‎תִּשְׁכְּבוּ‎תִּשְׁכַּבְנָה‎2
third יִשְׁכַּב‎תִּשְׁכַּב‎יִשְׁכְּבוּ‎תִּשְׁכַּבְנָה‎2
imperative שְׁכַבשִׁכְבִי‎שִׁכְבוּ‎שְׁכַבְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced שָׁכַבְתֶּם‎ and שָׁכַבְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

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