שָׁקַע
sha.qa
“to sink”
Definition
to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue
(abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root;
- to sink, sink down, subside 1a) (Qal) to sink 1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse 1c)(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
שָׁקַע appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Will not the land quake for this,and all its dwellers mourn?All of it will swell like the Nile;it will surge and then subsidelike the Nile in Egypt.
The Lord GOD of Hosts,He who touches the earth and it melts,and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile,then sinks like the river of Egypt—
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Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’”Here end the words of Jeremiah.
And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.
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