רָבַץ

vb. stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out (NH = BH; Assyrian rabâṣu, lie, dwell; rubṣu (in word-lists), stall, also womb (cf. II. רבע supr.); Arabic رَبَضَ lie down on the breast, stretch oneself out, مرابض, Sab. מרבצֿן CIS iv, no. 5, 2; 𝔗 רְבַע lie stretched out, Syriac ܪܒܰܥ, Chr. Pal ܪܒܥ recline at meals, SchwallyIdiot. 87);— Pf. 3 ms. ר׳ Gn 49:9, 3 fs. consec. וְרָֽבְצָה Dt 29:19, רָבָ֑צָה Ez 19:2, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְבָּ֑ץ Is 11:6; 27:10; 3 fs. וַתִּרְבַּץ Nu 22:27; 3 mpl. יִרְבְּצוּ 11:7, יִרְבָּ֑צוּ 14:30, יִרְבָּצ֑וּן Zp 2:7 ψ 104:22; 3 fpl. תִּרְבַּצְנָה Ez 34:14; Pt. רֹבֵץ Ex 23:5 + 3 times; f. רֹבֶ֫צֶת Gn 49:25 + 2 times; mpl. רֹבְצִים 29:2;—lie down, lie: of domestic animals, ass Ex 23:5 (E; under heavy burden), Nu 22:27 (Je; in obstructed path), Gn 49:14 (at ease; poet., in sim.); sheep, in repose, 29:2 (J), Is 17:2; Zp 2:14; fig. of people Ez 34:14; calf, in repose Is 27:10; of wild beasts, lion, in lair, Gn 49:9 (poem in J; fig.), ψ 104:22; = make lair, abode Ez 19:2 (fig.), so of צִיִּים Is 13:21, תַּנִּין Ez 29:3 (fig.); leopard (with kid) Is 11:6, cf. v 7; = brood, of mother-bird Dt 22:6 (עַל־הָאֶפְרֹחִים); of man, in repose Is 14:30; Jb 11:19, cf. Zp 2:7; 3:13 (fig. of flock perhaps impl., cf. Ez 34:14 supr.); of the deep, רֹבֶצֶת תָּ֑חַת Gn 49:25; Dt 33:13; fig. of curse Dt 29:19 (ב pers.); of sin, לַפֶּתַה חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ Gn 4:7 at the door sin makes its lair. Impf. 3 ms. sf. יַרְבִּיצֵנִי ψ 23:2, 2 ms. תַּרְבִּיץ Ct 1:7, etc.; Pt. מַרְבִּיץ Is 54:11, pl. מַרְבֹּצֹים Je 33:12;—cause to lie down, or lie, acc. of flock (for repose) Je 33:12, also (fig.) ψ 23:2 Ez 34:15; acc. of flock om. Is 13:20 Ct 1:7; of laying stones Is 54:11.