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šāḥaḥ שָׁחַח ‘to bow’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

šāḥaḥ v
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

Mentioned in Isaiah 2:9, 2:11, 2:17, 5:15, 29:4, 60:14, 25:12, 26:5 Habakkuk 3:6 Psalms 35:14, 42:6, 42:7, 42:12, 43:5, 10:10, 38:7, 107:39 Proverbs 14:19 Job 9:13, 38:40 Ecclesiastes 12:4

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