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title: שָׁכַךְ — decrease · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁכַךְ (7918), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: decrease. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁכַךְ

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«שָׁכַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **decrease** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7918 · **BDB:** שָׁכַךְ

### Glosses

I.will.put.an.end.to (1); as.subsided (1); bend (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

decrease [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7918/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7918/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. decrease, abate (NH שְׁכִיכָה is allaying of anger; שִׁכֵּךְ אֹזֶן soothe, satisfy the ear (so appar. Dalm), i.e. allow it to hear and understand, cf. LevyNHWB (and Arabic سَكَّ be narrow, have small ears, be deaf, Frä 90); Arabic سَكّ v. humble oneself, Wahrm humiliate);— Impf. 3 mpl. וַיָּשֹׁכּוּ Gn 8:1 the waters abated; Inf. cstr. כְּשֹׁךְ Est 2:1 when abated the king’s wrath, so Pf. 3 fs. שָׁכָ֑כָה 7:10.—כְּשַׁךְ יְקוּשִׁים Je 5:26 usually like the bending, crouching, of fowlers (this meaning for שַׁךְ dub.; Dr כְּשֻׁר; Du del. ישׁור כשׁ, then reads מוֹקְשִׁים הִצִּ֔יבוּ בַּשַּׁחַת א׳ יִלְכֹּדוּ׃). Pf. 1 s. consec. וַהֲשִׁכֹּתִ֫י מֵעָלַי Nu 17:20 I will allay from upon me the murmurings (acc.), etc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁכַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7918/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 5:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.26/)

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כִּי־נִמְצְא֥וּ בְעַמִּ֖י רְשָׁעִ֑ים יָשׁוּר֙ כְּשַׁ֣ךְ יְקוּשִׁ֔ים הִצִּ֥יבוּ מַשְׁחִ֖ית אֲנָשִׁ֥ים יִלְכֹּֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) they.are.found among people my wicked.\[people\] he.watches as bend fowlers they.set a.destroyer people they.catch

*JPS 1917:* For among My people are found wicked men; they pry, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

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[Esther 7:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.7.10/)

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וַיִּתְלוּ֙ אֶת־הָמָ֔ן עַל־הָעֵ֖ץ אֲשֶׁר־הֵכִ֣ין לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י וַחֲמַ֥ת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ שָׁכָֽכָה׃פ

*Word for word:* and they.hanged (et) Haman on the gallows which he.had.prepared for Mordecai and the.rage of the.king it.subsided

*JPS 1917:* So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath assuaged.

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