H4702 H4702
bed, couch (a place for sleeping or reclining)
This word means bed or couch, a piece of furniture for sleeping or resting. In Isaiah 28:20, it appears in a proverbial saying about insufficiency: the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too narrow to wrap oneself in. The metaphor criticizes false refuges and inadequate strategies. The term is straightforward household vocabulary, reflected in consistent translations across languages.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A bed or sleeping couch. Isaiah's proverb uses this domestic item to illustrate inadequacy—when essential things (like a bed or blanket) fail to meet basic needs, no comfort is possible. The image would resonate with any audience familiar with the frustration of cramped or insufficient bedding. All translations render this as 'bed' or 'couch'. 1×
AR["الْفِرَاشُ"]·ben["-শয্যা"]·DE["[המצע]"]·EN["the-bed"]·FR["[המצע]"]·heb["ה-מצע"]·HI["बिछौना"]·ID["tempat-tidur"]·IT["[המצע]"]·jav["paturon"]·KO["그-침상이"]·PT["a-cama"]·RU["постель"]·ES["la-cama"]·SW["kitanda"]·TR["yatak"]·urd["بستر"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מַצָּע n.m. couch, bed; קָצַר הַמּ׳ מֵהִשְׂתָּרֵעַ Is 28:20 the bed is too short for one to stretch oneself (מַסֵּכָה coverlet in ‖ cl.)