Lexicon / H7817
שָׁחַח
sha.chach
  • to bow
  • bow
  • be bowed down
  • crouch

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: to bow

1) to bow, crouch, bow down, be bowed down

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to be bowed down, be prostrated, be humbled

1a2) to bow (in homage)

1a3) to bow (of mourner)

1a4) to crouch (of wild beast in lair)

1b) (Niphal) to be prostrated, be humbled, be reduced, be weakened, proceed humbly, be bowed down

1c) (Hiphil) to prostrate, lay low, bow down

1d) (Hithpolel) to be cast down, be despairing

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: bow; be bowed down; crouch

Root √שׁחח: שָׁחַח vb bow be bowed down crouch Qal be bowed down prostrated humbled . bow in homage bow , of mourner crouch , of wild beast in lair Niph be prostrated humbled . Hiph prostrate lay low . city, walls, etc. Hithpō‛ be cast down despairing .

שָׁחַח vb bow be bowed down crouch Qal be bowed down prostrated humbled . bow in homage bow , of mourner crouch , of wild beast in lair Niph be prostrated humbled . Hiph prostrate lay low . city, walls, etc. Hithpō‛ be cast down despairing .