רֶבַע rebaʻ — prostration (for sleep)
Translated in the KJV as lying down.
from H7250; prostration (for sleep).
rebaʻ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Infinitive construct 1
וְרִבְעִ֣י Ps 139:3 Infinitive construct
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›