7743. shuach
Strong's Lexicon
shuach: Ditch, pit, depression

Original Word: שׁוּחַ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: shuach
Pronunciation: shoo'-akh
Phonetic Spelling: (shoo'-akh)
Definition: Ditch, pit, depression
Meaning: to sink

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to sink down
NASB Translation
bowed down (1), sinks down (1), sunk down (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[שׁוּחַ] verb sink down (Buhl distinguishes this as II. ׳שׁ (Arabic () sink down, MI9, 23 אשוח probably depression, excavation, reservoir, so אשיךְ Ecclus 50:3), and hence שָׁ֫חָה Proverbs 2:18, si vera lectio, and following derivatives, from I.׳שׁ melt away Arabic () flow and spread, melt away, Ethiopic cause to dwindle, phthisis, Aramaic שׁוּחַ, flow or melt away, vanish), whence Lamentations 3:20; Psalm 44:26; but insufficient evidence for I.׳שׁ in Hebrew); — sink down,

Qal Perfect3feminine singular שָׁ֫חָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשֵׁנוּ Psalm 44:26 ("" דָּֽבְקָה לָאָרֶץ); אֶלמָֿוֶת בֵּיתָהּ ׳שׁ Proverbs 2:18 ("" אֶלרְֿפָאִים; but ׳ב masculine, read שָׁחָה, √ שׁחה, AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 82, so Toy); Imperfect3feminine singular תָּשׁוּחַ עָלַי נַפְשִׁי Lamentations 3:20 Qr,

Hiph`il declar. תָּשִׁיחַ Kt, of depression of mind. — Psalm 49:15 Gr reads שָׁחוּ for ᵑ0 שַׁתּוּ but see שׁתת. —

Hithpa`el Psalm 42; 43see שׁחח.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
bow down, incline, humble

A primitive root; to sink, literally or figuratively -- bow down, incline, humble.

Forms and Transliterations
וְתָשֹׁ֥וחַ ותשוח שָׁ֣חָה שחה šā·ḥāh šāḥāh Shachah vetaShoach wə·ṯā·šō·w·aḥ wəṯāšōwaḥ
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Englishman's Concordance
Psalm 44:25
HEB: כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה לֶעָפָ֣ר נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ
NAS: For our soul has sunk down into the dust;
KJV: For our soul is bowed down to the dust:
INT: for has sunk the dust our soul

Proverbs 2:18
HEB: כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה אֶל־ מָ֣וֶת
NAS: For her house sinks down to death
KJV: For her house inclineth unto death,
INT: for sinks to death

Lamentations 3:20
HEB: [וְתָשִׁיחַ כ] (וְתָשֹׁ֥וחַ ק) עָלַ֖י
NAS: remembers And is bowed down within
KJV: in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
INT: Surely remembers bow down within my soul

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7743
3 Occurrences


šā·ḥāh — 2 Occ.
wə·ṯā·šō·w·aḥ — 1 Occ.

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