Yâtsûwaʻ — H3326

Definition

masculine noun

spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively)

1. couch, bed

Usually translated as

bed, chamber, couch

Origin

passive participle of H3331

• Yatsaʻ (H3331)

Greek equivalents

• pleurá (G4125)

Occurrences

Yâtsûwaʻ occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), 1 Kings (3), 1 Chronicles (1), Job (1), Psalms (2)

• Genesis 49:4 — Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch (יְצוּעִ֥י).
• 1 Kings 6:5 — And against the wall of the house he built chambers (יָצִ֙יעַ֙) round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
• 1 Kings 6:6 — The nethermost chamber (הַיָּצִ֨יעַ) was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
• 1 Kings 6:10 — And then he built chambers (הַיָּצִ֙יעַ֙) against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
• 1 Chronicles 5:1 — Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed (יְצוּעֵ֣י), his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
• Job 17:13 — If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed (יְצוּעָֽי) in the darkness.
• Psalms 63:6 — When I remember thee upon my bed (יְצוּעָ֑י), and meditate on thee in the night watches.
• Psalms 132:3 — Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed (יְצוּעָֽי);