Other forms related to mishkevei occur 43 times in the Old Testament, and EVERY SINGLE OCCURRENCE means bed – the place. Not “sexual intercourse.” There are 5 occurrences in Numbers where the word is *part* of an idiom that refers to sex – yada’u mishkab, to know (someone) in bed – but even there the word still means “bed.” The verbal euphemism that refers to sex is “yada,” (to know) not “miskhab” (in bed).