Lexical Definition

‎שָׁכַךְ‎ shâkak (shaw-kak') to subside ^H:V
a primitive root

appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set.

• to weave (i.e. lay) a trap
• figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions
• physically, abate a flood)

1) to subside, abate, decrease
1a) (Qal) to abate
1b) (Hiphil) to allay

See Greek: κοπάζω · περιαιρέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁכַךְ‎] verb decrease, abate (Late Hebrew ‎שְׁכִיכָה‎ is allaying of anger; ‎שִׁכֵּךְ אֹזֶן‎ soothe, satisfy the ear (so apparently Dalm), i.e. allow it to hear and understand, compare Levy^NHWB (and Arabic be narrow have small ears, be deaf, Frä⁹⁰); — Arabic see humble oneself, Wahrm humiliate); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וַיָּשֹׁכוּ‎ Gen 8:1 the waters abated; Infinitive construct ‎כְּשֹׁךְ‎ Esth 2:1 when abated the king's wrath, so Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎שָׁכָ֑כָה‎ Esth 7:10. — ‎כְּשַׁךְ יְקוּשִׁים‎ Jer 5:26 usually like the bending, crouching, of fowlers (this meaning for ‎שַׁךְ‎ dubious; Dr ‎כְּשֻׁר‎ Du strike out ‎ישׁור כשׁ‎, then reads ‎יִלְכֹּדוּ׃‎ ‎׳‎‎מוֺקְשִׁים הִצִּיבוּ בַּשַּׁחַת א‎). Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular consecutive ‎וַהֲשִׁכֹּתִ֫י מֵעָלַי‎ Num 17:20* I will allay from upon me the murmurings (accusative), etc.

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