STRONGS H8257:
Abbreviations
[
שָׁקַע]
verb sink, sink down (so Late Hebrew
שָׁקַע, Aramaic
שְׁקַע; Arabic has
صَقِعَ be smitten, prostrated, collapse); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular consecutive
וְשָֽׁקְעָה;
Amos 9:5 it shall sink like the Nile (of land; opposed to
עָלַה);
3rd person feminine singular וַתִּשְׁקַע Numbers 11:2 (JE), of fire,
it sunk down, died out;
תִּשְׁקַע Jeremiah 51:64, of Babylon (like stone in water; opposed to
קוּם).
Niph. 3rd person feminine singular נִשְׁקְעָה Amos 8:8 Qr, of land,
sink (opposed to
עָלָה; =
Qal Amos 9:5; Kt erroneous
H8248 נשקה, compare W
SG287).
Hiph. Imperfect 1st person singular אַשְׁקִיעַ מֵימֵיהֶם Ezekiel 32:14 I will make their waters sink, (settle, grow clear);
2nd person masculine singular וּחְֶבֶל תַּשְׁקִיעַ לְשׁוֺנוֺ Job 40:25 with a cord wilt thou make his tongue
sink (? pull or press it down; of crocodile; Mich
Suppl, 2349 cited Thes 1477, compare Samaritan
PSU =
חבשׁ bind).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Numbers
11:2
Jeremiah
51:64
Ezekiel
32:14
Amos
8:8; 9:5; 9:5
