Midvash

שָׁחַחshâchach

bow, be bowed down, crouch

Pronunciation: shaw-khakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7817

Meanings

Qal: absolute (Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:17; Psalms 38:7)

1. be bowed down, prostrated, humbled (Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:17; Habakkuk 3:6)

2. bow in homage, לִפְנֵי person Prov 14:19 וְהָֽלְבוּ אֵלַיִח שְׁחוֺחַ Isa 60:14 (|| הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ). (Proverbs 14:19; Isaiah 60:14)

3. bow, of mourner (קֹדֵר), Ps 35:14; Ps 38:7. (Psalms 35:14; Psalms 38:7)

4. crouch, of wild beast in lair Job 38:40. (Job 38:40)

Niph`al: be prostrated, humbled, be reduced, weakened, = proceed humbly (Isaiah 2:9; Isaiah 5:15; Ecclesiastes 12:4)

Hiph`il: prostrate, lay low, city, walls, etc. (Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 26:5)

Hithpo`el: be cast down, despairing (Psalms 42:7; Psalms 42:6; Psalms 42:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 21 times in the Bible.

  • Job 9:13 And God does not restrain his anger. Even the monsters of the sea are crushed beneath his feet.
  • Job 38:40 as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket?
  • Psalms 10:10 Their helpless victims are crushed; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
  • Psalms 35:14 I was sad, as though they were my friends or family, as if I were grieving for my own mother.
  • Psalms 38:6 I am bent over and racked with pain. All day long I walk around filled with grief.
  • Psalms 42:5 Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).