Strong’s definition
to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
KJV gloss list in the source
crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.
Source pronunciation notation: raw-bats'
Derivation recorded by Strong
a primitive root;
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