Lexical Definition

‎שָׁחַח‎ shâchach (shaw-khakh') to bow ^H:V
a primitive root

bend, bow (down), bring (cast) down, couch, humble self, be (bring) low, stoop.

• to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)

1) 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

See Greek: δύνω · κακόω · κάμπτω · κατάγω · κύπτω · ταπεινόω · ταράσσω · τήκω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁחַח‎] verb bow, be bowed down, crouch (Late Hebrew id.; Tel Amarna ša—âhu (Wkl^{TelAm. Vocab}.), prostrate oneself, probably Canaanism; Assyrian ša—â—u is oppress, torment); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive ‎וְשַׁח‎ Isa 2:11; Isa 2:17, 1 singular ‎שַׁחִ֫וֺתִי‎ Ps 38:7*, ‎שַׁחֹ֫תִי‎ Ps 35:14, 3 plural ‎˜שׁחֲחוּ‎ Job 9:13, ‎שַׁחוּ‎ Hab 3:6; Prov 14:19 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָשֹׁחַ‎ Ps 10:10, 3 masculine plural ‎יָשֹׁ֫חוּ‎ Job 38:40, ‎וַיָּשֹׁ֫חוּ‎ Ps 107:39 Infinitive construct (= absolute, as adverb, Ges^{«GKC:118q»§ 118q} Kö^{ii. 2, §§ 221, 402 d} compare also Ba^{NB 164}) ‎שְׁחוֺחַ‎ Isa 60:14 —

1. be bowed down, prostrated, humbled, by ‎׳‎‎י‎, Isa 2:11; Isa 2:17 (both || ‎שָׁפֵל‎), Hab 3:6 (of hills), Job 9:13 (‎׳‎‎תַּחְתָּו שׁ‎), Ps 107:39 (+ ‎מָעַט‎); by man Ps 10:10.

2. bow in homage, ‎לִפְנֵי‎ person Prov 14:19 ‎וְהָֽלְבוּ אֵלַיִח שְׁחוֺחַ‎ Isa 60:14 (|| ‎הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ‎).

3. bow, of mourner (‎קֹדֵר‎), Ps 35:14; Ps 38:7*.

4. crouch, of wild beast in lair Job 38:40. Niph`al Imperfect be prostrated, humbled: ‎וַיִּשַּׁח אָדָם‎ Isa 2:9 (|| ‎שָׁפֵל‎) = Isa 5:15 (|| id.); be reduced, weakened, ‎יִשַּׁ֫חוּ כָּלבְּֿנוֺת הַשִּׁיר‎ Eccl 12:4 = proceed humbly, of words ‎מֵעָפָר‎ Isa 29:4 (|| ‎שָׁפֵל‎). Hiph`il prostrate, lay low, city, walls, etc.; Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הֵךְַ‎ Isa 25:12; Isa 26:5 (both || ‎הִשְׁפִּיל‎). Hithpo`el be cast down, despairing: Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תִּשְׁתּוֺחָ֑ח‎ Ps 42:7*, 2 feminine singular ‎תִּשְׁתּוֺחֲחִי‎ vPs 42:6* vPs 42:12*; Ps 43:5 (all with subject ‎נַפְשִׁי‎).

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