Lexicon
שְׁכֹ֫בֶת
she.kho.vet
H7903
H:N-F Hebrew

copulation

4
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

she.kho.vet denotes sexual intercourse as something given to another person or animal in the cited laws.

The attested noun denotes sexual intercourse in prohibitions and accusations framed as someone giving it to another: to a neighbor’s wife, to an animal, or to a woman apart from her husband.

Senses in use

  1. Sexual intercourse given to another · dominant

    All four occurrences use the feminine singular construct form in clauses about giving the act to another. In Leviticus 18:20 the APB renders the clause “give your emission of seed to the wife of your neighbor”; in Leviticus 18:23 and Leviticus 20:15 it concerns giving it to an animal, while Numbers 5:20 describes a man giving it to a woman apart from her husband.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies between “emission of seed,” “emission,” and “copulation” in these clauses. These are presentations of the surrounding clauses rather than fixed renderings of the noun.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture