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מִשְׁכַּב
mish.kav
H4903
A:N-M Hebrew

bed

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mish.kav denotes a bed as the setting in which thoughts, dreams, and visions are reported.

The attested construct forms place a bed in reports of thoughts, dreams, and visions: explicitly, visions or thoughts are described as occurring “upon” it in Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:29, Daniel 4:10, and Daniel 7:1. The supplied forms also occur in Daniel 4:2 and Daniel 4:7, where the APB’s loose rendering does not isolate their contribution.

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  1. Bed as the setting of dreams and thoughts · dominant

    In Daniel 2:28 the APB renders “the visions of your head upon your bed,” and Daniel 2:29 renders the king’s thoughts as coming up “upon your bed.” Daniel 4:10 and Daniel 7:1 likewise render visions of the head “upon my bed” or “upon his bed”; the same construct-form lemma is also present in Daniel 4:2 and Daniel 4:7, though the APB does not show a corresponding bed phrase there.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly presents the term through “upon your bed” in Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:29, Daniel 4:10, and Daniel 7:1. In Daniel 4:2 and Daniel 4:7, the supplied translation does not visibly reflect the term; Its precise English correspondence there is unclear.

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