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title: שָׁקַע — sink · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁקַע (8257), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: sink. BDB 1906: vb. sink, sink down Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁקַע

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«שָׁקַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sink** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 8257 · **BDB:** שָׁקַע

### Glosses

it.will.sink (2); I.will.make.settle (1); it.died.out (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sink [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8257/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sink, sink down Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8257/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. sink, sink down (so NH שָׁקַע, Aramaic שְׁקַע; Arabic has صَقِعَ be smitten, prostrated, collapse);— Pf. 3 fs. consec. וְשָֽׁקְעָה Am 9:5 it shall sink like the Nile (of land; opp. עָלָה); 3 fs. וַתִּשְׁקַע Nu 11:2 (JE), of fire, it sank down, died out; תִּשְׁקַע Je 51:64, of Babylon (like stone in water; opp. קוּם). 3 fs. נִשְׁקְעָה Am 8:8 Qr, of land, sink (opp. עָלָה; = Qal 9:5; Kt erron. נשקה, cf. WSG 287). Impf. 1 s. אַשְׁקִיעַ מֵימֵיהֶם Ez 32:14 I will make their waters sink (settle, grow clear); 2 ms. וּבְחֶבֶל תַּשְׁקִיעַ לְשׁוֹנוֹ Jb 40:25 with a cord wilt thou make his tongue sink (? pull or press it down; of crocodile; MichSuppl. 2349, cited Thes1477, cp. Sam. ࠔࠒࠏ= חבשׁ bind).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «שָׁקַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8257/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.25/)

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תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ לִוְיָתָ֣ן בְּחַכָּ֑ה וּ֝בְחֶ֗בֶל תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַ לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* will.you.draw.out? Leviathan with a.fish.hook and with a.cord will.you.make.sink? tongue its

*JPS 1917:* Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?

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[Numbers 11:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.2/)

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וַיִּצְעַ֥ק הָעָ֖ם אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֤ל מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וַתִּשְׁקַ֖ע הָאֵֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and it.cried.out the people to Moses and he.prayed Moses to Yahweh and it.died.out the fire

*JPS 1917:* And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto the LORD, and the fire abated.

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