shuach: to sink down Original Word: שׁ֫וּחַ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: shuach
Phonetic Spelling: (shoo'-akh)
Short Definition: down
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to sink down
NASB Translation
bowed down (1), sinks down (1), sunk down (1).
[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.
bow down, incline, humble A primitive root; to sink, literally or figuratively -- bow down, incline, humble.
וְתָשֹׁ֥וחַ ותשוח שָׁ֣חָה שחה šā·ḥāh šāḥāh Shachah vetaShoach wə·ṯā·šō·w·aḥ wəṯāšōwaḥ
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Strong's Hebrew 7743
3 Occurrences
šā·ḥāh — 2 Occ.
wə·ṯā·šō·w·aḥ — 1 Occ.
Psalm 44:25
BIB: 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 soulProverbs 2:18
BIB: 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
BIB: [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
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