שְׁכֵב, שְׁכוּב, שְׁכֵיב, to lie down; to die; to lie with. Targ. O. Deut. XXIV, 12, sq. Targ. Gen. XXVI, 10. Targ. O. Lev. XV, 24. Targ. O. Deut. XXVIII, 30; a. fr.—Part. pass. שָׁכִיב. Targ. Ezek. IV, 9; a. fr.—V. שָׁכִיב.—Yeb. 46ᵃ איכו שְׁכִיבִי לא וכ׳ I might have died without telling you this thing; B. Mets. 73ᵇ השתא איכו שְׁכִיבְנָא (not שכיבא); Ab. Zar. 55ᵃ (corr. acc.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10). Yeb. 24ᵇ, a. e. כי ניים ושָׁכִיב, v. נוּם ch. B. Mets. 85ᵃ לא ש׳ אינש וכ׳ no one died before his time. B. Kam. 91ᵇ; B. Bath. 26ᵃ לא ש׳ וכ׳ my son Shikhḥat died (early) for no other sin than that he cut down a fig tree before its time; a. fr.