Lexical Definition

‎שָׁקַע‎ shâqaʻ (shaw-kah') to sink ^H:V
(abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root

make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.

• to subside
• by implication, to be overflowed, cease
• causatively, to abate, subdue

1) to sink, sink down, subside
1a) (Qal) to sink
1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse
1c)(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle

See Greek: ἡσυχάζω · καταβαίνω · κοπάζω

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Also see: שָׁקָה

[‎שָׁקַע‎] verb sink, sink down (so Late Hebrew ‎שָׁקַע‎, Aramaic ‎שְׁקַע‎; Arabic has be smitten, prostrated, collapse ); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular consecutive ‎וְשָֽׁקְעָה‎; Amos 9:5 it shall sink like the Nile (of land; opposed to ‎עָלַה‎); 3 feminine singular ‎וַתִּשְׁקַע‎ Num 11:2 (JE), of fire, it sunk down, died out; ‎תִּשְׁקַע‎ Jer 51:64, of Babylon (like stone in water; opposed to ‎קוּם‎). Niph`al 3 feminine singular ‎נִשְׁקְעָה‎ Amos 8:8 Qr, of land, sink (opposed to ‎עָלָה‎; = Qal Amos 9:5 Kt erroneous ‎נשקה‎, compare W<sup>SG287</sup>). Hiph`il Imperfect 1 singular ‎אַשְׁקִיעַ‎ ‎מֵימֵיהֶם‎ Ezek 32:14 I will make their waters sink, (settle, grow clear); 2 masculine singular ‎וּחְֶבֶל תַּשְׁקִיעַ לְשׁוֺנוֺ‎ Job 40:25* with a cord wilt thou make his tongue sink (? pull or press it down; of crocodile; Mich^Suppl,2349 cited Thes 1477, compare Samaritan = ‎חבשׁ‎ bind).

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