STRONGS H7743:
Abbreviations
† [
שׁוּחַ]
verb sink down (Buhl distinguishes this as II.
שׁ׳ (Arabic
(
)
sink down, MI
9, 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 Perfect 3rd person feminine singular שָׁ֫חָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשֵׁנוּ Psalm 44:26 (||
דָּֽבְקָה לָאָרֶץ);
אֶלמָֿוֶת בֵּיתָהּ שׁ׳ Proverbs 2:18 (||
אֶלרְֿפָאִים; but
ב׳ masculine, read
שָׁחָה, √
שׁחה, Albr
ZAW xvi (1896), 82, so Toy);
Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תָּשׁוּחַ עָלַי נַפְשִׁי Lamentations 3:20 Qr,
Hiph. declar.
תָּשִׁיחַ Kt, of depression of mind. —
Psalm 49:15 [
Psalm 49:14] Gr reads
שָׁחוּ for MT
שַׁתּוּ but see
שׁתת. —
Hithp. Psalm 42;
43 see
שׁחח.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Psalms
42; 43; 44:26; 44:26; 49:14
Proverbs
2:18; 2:18
Lamentations
3:20; 3:20