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title: שָׁחַח — bow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁחַח (7817), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: bow. BDB 1906: vb. bow, be bowed down, crouch Hithpōʿ. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁחַח

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«שָׁחַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bow** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 7817 · **BDB:** שָׁחַח

### Glosses

it.will.be.humbled (3); he.has.been.humbled (2); he.will.lay.low (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7817/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bow, be bowed down, crouch Hithpōʿ. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7817/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bow, be bowed down, crouch (NH id.; TelAm. šaḫâḫu (Wkl TelAm. Vocab.), prostrate oneself, prob. Canaanism; Assyrian šaḫâḫu is oppress, torment);— Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְשַׁח Is 2:11, 17, 1 s. שַׁח֫וֹתִי ψ 38:7, שַׁחֹ֫תִי 35:14, 3 pl. שָֽׁתֲחוּ Jb 9:13, שַׁחוּ Hb 3:6; Pr 14:19; Impf. 3 ms. יָשֹׁחַ ψ 10:10, 3 mpl. יָשֹׁ֫חוּ Jb 38:40, וַיָּשֹׁ֫חוּ ψ 107:39; Inf. cstr. (= abs., as adv., Ges§ 118 q Köii. 2, §§ 221, 402 d cf. also BaNB 164) שְׁחוֹח Is 60:14;— be bowed down, prostrated, humbled, by י׳, Is 2:11, 17 (both ‖ שָׁפֵל), Hb 3:6 (of hills), Jb 9:13 (תַּחְתָּו שׁ׳), ψ 107:39 (+ מָעַט); by man 10:10. bow in homage, לִפְנֵי pers. Pr 14:19; וְהָֽלְכוּ אֵלַיִךְ שְׁחוֹחַ Is 60:14 (‖ הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ). bow, of mourner (קֹדֵר), ψ 35:14; 38:7. crouch, of wild beast in lair Jb 38:40. Impf. be prostrated, humbled: וַיִּשַּׁח אָדָם Is 2:9 (‖ שָׁפֵל) = 5:15 (‖ id.); be reduced, weakened, יִשַּׁ֫חוּ כָּל־בְּנוֹת הַשִּׁיר Ec 12:4; = proceed humbly, of words מֵעָפָר Is 29:4 (‖ שָׁפֵל). prostrate, lay low, city, walls, etc.; Pf. 3 ms. הֵשַׁח Is 25:12; 26:5 (both ‖ הִשְׁפִּיל). Hithpōʿ. be cast down, despairing: Impf. 3 fs. תִּשְׁתּוֹחָ֑ח ψ 42:7, 2 fs. תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי v 6, 12; 43:5 (all c. subj. נַפְשִׁי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 4 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁחַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7817/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.20/)

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זָכ֣וֹר תִּזְכּ֔וֹר וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַ עָלַ֖י נַפְשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* continually.(remember) it.remembers and it.is.bowed.down on me self my

*JPS 1917:* My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.

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[Psalms 10:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.10.10/)

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יִדְכֶּ֥ה יָשֹׁ֑חַ וְנָפַ֥ל בַּ֝עֲצוּמָ֗יו חֵ֣יל כָּאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* he.is.crushed he.is.bowed.down and he.falls among his.mighty \[ones\] an.army of.disheartened.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.

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