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STRONGS NUMBER H7817
Transliteration: shachach
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-khakh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bow, be bowed down, crouch
Meaning: to bow, be bowed down, crouch
Word Summary
shachach: to bow, be bowed down, crouch
Original Word: שָׁחַחTransliteration: shachach
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-khakh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to bow, be bowed down, crouch
Meaning: to bow, be bowed down, crouch
Strong's Concordance
bend, bow down, bring cast down, humble self, be bring low, stoop A primitive root; to sink or depress (reflexive or causative) -- bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7817. shachach
[שָׁחַח] verb bow, be bowed down,
crouch (Late Hebrew id.; Tel Amarna ša—âhu (WklTelAm. Vocab.), prostrate oneself, probably Canaanism; Assyrian ša—â—u is oppress, torment); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וְשַׁח Isaiah 2:11, 17, 1singular שַׁחִ֫וֺתִי Psalm 38:7, שַׁחֹ֫תִי 35:14, 3plural שׁחֲחוּ Job 9:13, שַׁחוּ Habakkuk 3:6; Proverbs 14:19; Imperfect3masculine singular יָשֹׁחַ Psalm 10:10, 3masculine plural יָשֹׁ֫חוּ Job 38:40, וַיָּשֹׁ֫חוּ Psalm 107:39; Infinitive construct (= absolute, as adverb, Ges§ 118q Köii. 2, §§ 221, 402 d compare also BaNB 164) שְׁחוֺחַ Isaiah 60:14; —
1 be bowed down, prostrated, humbled, by ׳י, Isaiah 2:11, 17 (both "" שָׁפֵל), Habakkuk 3:6 (of hills), Job 9:13 (שׁ ׳תַּחְתָּו), Psalm 107:39 (+ מָעַט); by man 10:10.
2 bow in homage, לִפְנֵי person Proverbs 14:19; שְׁחוֺחַ אֵלַיִח וְהָֽלְבוּ Isaiah 60:14 ("" הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ).
3 bow, of mourner (קֹדֵר), Psalm 35:14; 38:7.
4 crouch, of wild beast in lair Job 38:40.
Niph`al Imperfect be prostrated, humbled: אָדָם וַיִּשַּׁח Isaiah 2:9 ("" שָׁפֵל) = 5:15 ("" id.); be reduced, weakened, הַשִּׁיר כָּלבְּֿנוֺת יִשַּׁ֫חוּ Ecclesiastes 12:4; = proceed humbly, of words מֵעָפָר Isaiah 29:4 ("" שָׁפֵל).
Hiph`il prostrate, lay low, city, walls, etc.; Perfect3masculine singular הֵךְַ Isaiah 25:12; 26:5 (both "" הִשְׁמִּיל).
Hithpo`el be cast down, despairing: Imperfect3feminine singular תִּשְׁתּוֺחָ֑ח Psalm 42:7, 2feminine singular תִּשְׁתּוֺחֲחִי 42:6; Psalm 42:12; 43:5 (all with subject נַפְשִׁי).