--- title: שָׁחָה — bow down · The Tanakh dictionary description: שָׁחָה (7812), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: bow down. BDB 1906: vb. Hithpaʿlēl. 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Hithpaʿlēl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7812/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. bow down (NH id.; J Aram. שְׁחִי (rare); akin to שׁוח, שׁחח);— Imv. fs. שְׁחִי Is 51:23 bow down. Impf. 3 ms. sf. יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה Pr 12:25, fig., anxiety depresses it (sc. לֵב; opp. שִׂמֵּחַ). Hithpaʿlēl170 (Ges§ 75 kk) Pf. 3 ms. הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה Ez 46:2; 2 ms. הִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֫יתָ Dt 4:19 + 3 times; 1 s. הִשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֫יתִי 1 S 16:4 + 2 times; 3 mpl. הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ Je 8:2, etc.; Impf. יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה 2 S 15:32 + 3 times; apoc. יִשְׁתַּ֫חוּ Is 44:17 +; 3 mpl. יִשְׁתַּחֲווּ Gn 49:8 +; 2 fpl. תִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֫יןָ Gn 33:6; 37:7, etc.; Imv. fs. הִשְׁתַּחֲוִי ψ 45:12; mpl. הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ 29:2 +; Inf. cstr. הִשְׁתַּחֲוֹת Gn 37:10 +; sf. הִשְׁתַּחֲוָיָ֙תִי֙ 2 K 5:18 (but 𝔊 𝔙 and mod. -חֲוֹתוֹ); Pt. מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה 2 K 19:37, etc.; מִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶם Ez 8:16, read -וִים all mod.;— bow down, prostrate oneself, before a monarch or superior, in homage, etc.: c. ל, after descriptive cl. (especially with קדד, נפל 3 b, q.v.), 1 S 24:9; Gn 43:28 (J) 2 S 14:4, 22; Ru 2:10; 1 K 1:31; 2 K 4:37 + 6 times, + (after כָּרַע) Est 3:2(×2), 5. c. ל, sq. phr. (לפני) על אפים ארצה 2 S 14:33 1 K 1:23; לאפים Gn 48:12 (E) 2 S 18:28; אפים Gn 42:6 (E) + 4 times; om. אפים 33:3 (J) + 3 times; עַל כַּפּוֹת רַגְלַיִךְ Is 60:14. c. לְ pers. only, Gn 23:7 (P) 27:29(×2); 37:9 (E), 49:8 Ex 11:8 (J) + 8 times; c. לפני Gn 23:12 (P); c. אל Is 45:14 (‖ התפלּל); abs. Gn 33:6, 7(×2) (J), Ex 18:7 (E) 2 S 9:8; 16:4; Is 49:7. before God, in worship, etc.: c. לְ, after descriptive phr.: קדד ארצה Ex 34:8 (J); ארצה om. Gn 24:26, 48 (J) + 4 times; כרע אפים ארצה 2 Ch 7:3; כרע 29:29; נפל ארצה Jb 1:20; נפל לפני 2 Ch 20:18. sq. phr.: קדד וישׁ׳ ל׳ אפים ארצה Ne 8:6; ארצה ל׳ Gn 24:52 (J); השׁ׳ ונכרעה ψ 95:6; השׁ׳ ל׳ בְּהַדְרַת קֹדֶשׁ 29:2; 96:9 = 1 Ch 16:29; אֶל־הֵיכָל (looking towards) ψ 5:8; 138:2; לַהֲדֹם רגלים 99:5; 132:7. c. לְ only: 1 S 1:28 (but read וַתַּנִּחֵהוּ 𝔊L and mod.), 15:25; Je 7:2 ψ 66:4 + 9 times; c. לפני Dt 26:10; Is 66:23 + 4 times; c. בְ loc. Is 27:13; c. לְ loc. ψ 99:9; abs. Gn 22:5 (E) Ju 7:15 + 5 times; acc. loc. Ex 33:10 (E) Je 26:2 Ez 46:3; לפני (ה)מזבח Is 36:7 = 2 K 18:22 = 2 Ch 32:12; c. על loc. Gn 47:31 (J) 1 K 1:47 Ez 46:2; מֵרָחֹק afar off Ex 24:1 (E). before angel in theoph.: after cl. c. נפל, קדד, Jos 5:14; Nu 22:31; sq. אפים ארצה Gn 19:1; ארצה 18:2 (all J). before other gods: abs. Is 2:20; 44:15, 17; 46:6; acc. loc. 2 K 5:18(×3); 19:37 = Is 37:38; c. לְ, Ex 20:5 = Dt 5:9 (10 words), Ex 23:24 (E), Nu 25:2 (J), Jos 23:7 (D), Dt 8:19; 11:16; 1 K 16:31 + 34 times; c. על, Lv 26:1 (H); לפני 2 Ch 25:14 (‖ קטּר). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (7 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «שָׁחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7812/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Proverbs 12:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.25/) דְּאָגָ֣ה בְלֶב־אִ֣ישׁ יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה וְדָבָ֖ר ט֣וֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃ *Word for word:* anxiety in.\[the\] heart of.a.person it bows.it.down and a.word good it makes.it.glad *JPS 1917:* Care in the heart of a man boweth it down; but a good word maketh it glad. [Isaiah 51:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.23/) וְשַׂמְתִּ֙יהָ֙ בְּיַד־מוֹגַ֔יִךְ אֲשֶׁר־אָמְר֥וּ לְנַפְשֵׁ֖ךְ שְׁחִ֣י וְנַעֲבֹ֑רָה וַתָּשִׂ֤ימִי כָאָ֙רֶץ֙ גֵּוֵ֔ךְ וְכַח֖וּץ לַעֹבְרִֽים׃ס *Word for word:* and I will.put.it in the.hand of \[those.who\].grieve.you who they.said to self your bow.down so that.we.may.pass.over.\[you\] and you.made like the ground back your and like the street for \[those who\].pass.over *JPS 1917:* And I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; that have said to thy soul: 'Bow down, that we may go over'; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over. - ← previous: [שָׂחָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7811.md) - next →: [שָׂחוּ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7813.md) - ↑ back to [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1513-3.md)