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ܫܟܒ SH-KH-P — lie down, sleep

Semantic field: reclining, horizontal rest, prostration

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שָׁכַב shakhavשִׁכְבָה shikh'vahשָׁכֵב shakhev شَكَبَ shakabaشَاكِب shāki'bشَكْب shak'b

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Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܘܥܪܩ	wʿrq werq	and-flee	Matthew 2:14 Mark 14:52 John 10:12 Acts 7:29 James 4:7
ܥܪܩܐ	ʿrqʾ erq'	flee	Mark 1:7 Luke 3:16 John 1:27 John 10:5 Acts 13:25
ܥܪܩܘ	ʿrqw erqw	flee[3pl] Peal	Matthew 8:33 Mark 5:14 Luke 8:34 Acts 19:16
ܥܪܘܩܘ	ʿrwqw erwqw	flee	Matthew 10:23 1 Corinthians 6:18 1 Corinthians 10:14 1 Thessalonians 5:22
ܠܡܥܪܩ	lmʿrq lmerq	so.that-flee	Matthew 3:7 Luke 3:7 Luke 21:36 Acts 27:30
ܘܥܪܘܩ	wʿrwq werwq	flee	Matthew 2:13 1 Timothy 6:20
ܥܪܩ	ʿrq erq	flee Peal	Mark 16:8 John 10:13
ܥܪܩܬܐ	ʿrqtʾ erqth'	flee[fem]	Mark 1:6 Acts 21:11
ܘܥܪܩܘ	wʿrqw werqw	and-flee[3pl] Peal	Matthew 26:56 Mark 14:50
ܥܪܘܩ	ʿrwq erwq	flee	1 Timothy 6:11 2 Timothy 2:22
ܕܥܪܩܬܐ	dʿrqtʾ derqth'	of-flee[fem]	Acts 21:11
ܬܥܪܘܩ	tʿrwq therwq	flee	Romans 2:3
ܕܥܪܩܘ	dʿrqw derqw	of-flee[3pl] Peal	Acts 16:27
ܢܥܪܘܩ	nʿrwq nerwq	flee	Hebrews 2:3
ܒܥܪܩܐ	bʿrqʾ berq'	in-flee	Acts 22:25

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
עָרַק	'araq	to flee
עֲרִיקָה	'ariqah	desertion
עָרֹוק	'arok	fugitive
עֲרִיקָה	'ăriqah	flight
עֲרִיץ	'aríts	fierce, violent

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
عَرِقَ	'ariqa	to sweat
عِرْق	'irq	vein/root
عَرَق	'araq	sweat/arak (drink)
عَرَّاق	'arrāq	sweaty
مَعْرَق	ma'raq	place of sweating
اِنْعِرَاق	in'irāq	spilling, pouring out