שִׁכְבָּא, (שְׁכֵב) asleep; dead body, corpse. M. Kat. 27ᵇ שיפורא דש׳, v. שִׁיפוֹרָא. Ib. לא ש׳ איכא במתא is there not a dead (to be buried) in town (and they pursue their labors)? B. Bath. 91ᵃ, v. מָנוֹבַיְיתָא; a. fr.—Pl. שִׁכְבֵּי, שִׁי׳. Snh. 29ᵇ, v. עוּר I ch. Ib. 48ᵇ ש׳ דהרפניא the dead of Harpania (for whom the shrouds are not woven until they are dead); a. e.—V. שָׁכִיב.