Lexical Definition

‎שׁוּחַ‎ shûwach (shoo'-akh) to sink ^H:V
a primitive root

bow down, incline, humble.

• to sink, literally or figuratively

1) to sink down, be bowed down, be humble
1a) (Qal) to sink down
1b) (Hiphil) of depression of the mind

See Greek: ταπεινόω

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Also see: שָׁתַת | שָׁחַח

[‎שׁוּחַ‎] verb sink down (Buhl distinguishes this as II. ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ (Arabic () sink down, MI^{9, 23} ‎אשוח‎ probably depression, excavation, reservoir, so ‎אשיךְ‎ Eccl 50:3), and hence ‎שָׁ֫חָה‎ Prov 2:18, si vera lectio, and following derivatives, from I. ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ melt away Arabic () flow and spread, melt away, Ethiopic cause to dwindle, phthisis, Aramaic ‎שׁוּחַ‎, flow or melt away, vanish), whence Lam 3:20; Ps 44:26* but insufficient evidence for I. ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ in Hebrew); — sink down, Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎שָׁ֫חָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשֵׁנוּ‎ Ps 44:26* (|| ‎דָּֽבְקָה לָאָרֶץ‎); ‎אֶלמָֿוֶת בֵּיתָהּ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Prov 2:18 (|| ‎אֶלרְֿפָאִים‎; but ‎׳‎‎ב‎ masculine, read ‎שָׁחָה‎, √ ‎שׁחה‎, Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 82}, so Toy); Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תָּשׁוּחַ עָלַי נַפְשִׁי‎ Lam 3:20 Qr, Hiph`il declar. ‎תָּשִׁיחַ‎ Kt, of depression of mind. — Ps 49:15* Gr reads ‎שָׁחוּ‎ for ᵑ0 ‎שַׁתּוּ‎ but see ‎שׁתת‎. —

Hithpa`el Ps 42; Ps 43 see ‎שׁחח‎.

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