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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #07817 - שָׁחַח
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1468) hs (סההה ShHh) AC: Sink CO: Pit AB: ?: The pictograph s is a picture of the teeth representing sharpness, the h is a picture of wall. Combined these mean "sharp walls". A pit dug into the ground for the purpose of trapping someone or something. To go down or sink down as going into the pit.
A) hs (סההה ShHh) AC: ? CO: Pit AB: ?
Nm ) hs (סההה ShHh) - Low: KJV (1): humble - Strongs: H7807 (שַׁח)
Nf2) ths (סהההת ShHhT) - Pit: A hole in the ground such as a grave. KJV (23): corruption, pit, destruction, ditch, grave - Strongs: H7845 (שַׁחַת)
Nf3) tfhs (סהההות ShHhWT) - Pit: KJV (1): pit - Strongs: H7816 (שְׁחוּת)
ff2) tihs (סהההית ShHhYT) - Pit: KJV (2): pit, destruction - Strongs: H7825 (שְׁחִית)
sm) nihs (סהההינ ShHhYN) - Pit: A hole in the skin from disease. KJV (13): boil, botch - Strongs: H7822 (שְׁחִין)
B) hhs (סההההה ShHhHh) AC: Sink CO: ? AB: ?: A bringing down low are a sinking feeling.
V) hhs (סההההה ShHhHh) - Sink: To bring down low. KJV (21): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) bow, cast, bring, low, down, bend, couch, humble, stoop - Strongs: H7817 (שָׁחַח)
H) ehs (סהההה ShHhH) AC: Bow CO: ? AB: ?: A bowing to another in respect.
V) ehs (סהההה ShHhH) - Bow: To pay homage to another one by bowing low or getting on the knees with the face to the ground. KJV (172): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael) worship, bow, obeisance, reverence, fall stoop, crouch - Strongs: H7812 (שָׁחָה)
J) hfs (סהוהה ShWHh) AC: Sink CO: Pit AB: ?
V) hfs (סהוהה ShWHh) - Sink: KJV (3): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) bow, incline, humble - Strongs: H7743 (שׁוּחַ)
Nf1) ehfs (סהוההה ShWHhH) - Pit: KJV (5): pit, ditch - Strongs: H7745 (שׁוּחָה)
L) hsi (יסההה YShHh) AC: Sink CO: ? AB: ?
Nm ) hsi (יסההה YShHh) - Sink: KJV (1): cast down - Strongs: H3445 (יֶשַׁח)
M) his (סהיהה ShYHh) AC: ? CO: Pit AB: ?
Nf1 ) ehis (סהיההה ShYHhH) - Pit: KJV (3): pit - Strongs: H7882 (שִׁיחָה)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
שָׁחַח i.q. שׁוּהַ and שָׁחָה (compare שָׁכַךְ), pret. שַׁחוֹתִי, plur. שַׁחוּ and שָׁחֲחוּ, fut. יָשׂחַ.
(1) to sink down, Habakkuk 3:6 used of beasts of prey couching down and lying in wait in their lairs, Job 38:40.
(2) to be bowed down, cast down, Psalms 10:10, 107:39 Isaiah 2:11, 17 specially with sickness, Psalms 35:14, 38:7 Lamentations 3:20 also, to submit oneself. Isaiah 60:14, וְהָֽלְכוּ אֵלַיִךְ שְׁחוֹחַ “they shall come to thee bowing down.” Job 9:13; Proverbs 14:19.
Niphal, to be bowed down, Isaiah 2:9, 5:15. Used of a depressed and attenuated voice, Ecclesiastes 12:4. Pregn. Isaiah 29:4, וּמֵעָפָר תִּשַּׁח אִמְרָתֵךְ “and thy depressed (slender) voice shall be heard from the dust.”
Hiphil, to bring down, to humble, Isaiah 25:12, 26:5.
Hithpoel, to be cast down (the soul), Psalms 42:7, 12 Ps4 2:12 43:5.
Derivative, שַׁח.
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