יַצַע yatsaʻ

Meaning

to strew as a surface

In the King James Version: make (one's) bed, [idiom] lie, spread.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Esther 4:3 In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
• Psalms 139:8 If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
• Isaiah 14:11 Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
• Isaiah 58:5 Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?