שָׁחַח
sha.chach
“to bow”
Definition
to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)
a primitive root;
- to bow, crouch, bow down, be bowed down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be bowed down, be prostrated, be humbled 1a2) to bow (in homage) 1a3) to bow (of mourner) 1a4) to crouch (of wild beast in lair) 1b) (Niphal) to be prostrated, be humbled, be reduced, be weakened, proceed humbly, be bowed down 1c) (Hiphil) to prostrate, lay low, bow down 1d) (Hithpolel) to be cast down, be despairing
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
שָׁחַח appears 17 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
when the doors to the street are shutand the sound of the mill fades away,when one rises at the sound of a birdand all the daughters of song grow faint,
The proud look of man will be humbled,and the loftiness of men brought low;the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
For He has humbled those who dwell on high;He lays the lofty city low.He brings it down to the ground;He casts it into the dust.
The sons of your oppressorswill come and bow down to you;all who reviled youwill fall facedown at your feetand call you the City of the LORD,Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
The evil bow before the good,and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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