שָׁחַח

vb. bow, be bowed down, crouch (NH id.; TelAm. šaḫâḫu (Wkl TelAm. Vocab.), prostrate oneself, prob. Canaanism; Assyrian šaḫâḫu is oppress, torment);— Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְשַׁח Is 2:11, 17, 1 s. שַׁח֫וֹתִי ψ 38:7, שַׁחֹ֫תִי 35:14, 3 pl. שָֽׁתֲחוּ Jb 9:13, שַׁחוּ Hb 3:6; Pr 14:19; Impf. 3 ms. יָשֹׁחַ ψ 10:10, 3 mpl. יָשֹׁ֫חוּ Jb 38:40, וַיָּשֹׁ֫חוּ ψ 107:39; Inf. cstr. (= abs., as adv., Ges§ 118 q Köii. 2, §§ 221, 402 d cf. also BaNB 164) שְׁחוֹח Is 60:14;— be bowed down, prostrated, humbled, by י׳, Is 2:11, 17 (both ‖ שָׁפֵל), Hb 3:6 (of hills), Jb 9:13 (תַּחְתָּו שׁ׳), ψ 107:39 (+ מָעַט); by man 10:10. bow in homage, לִפְנֵי pers. Pr 14:19; וְהָֽלְכוּ אֵלַיִךְ שְׁחוֹחַ Is 60:14 (‖ הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ). bow, of mourner (קֹדֵר), ψ 35:14; 38:7. crouch, of wild beast in lair Jb 38:40. Impf. be prostrated, humbled: וַיִּשַּׁח אָדָם Is 2:9 (‖ שָׁפֵל) = 5:15 (‖ id.); be reduced, weakened, יִשַּׁ֫חוּ כָּל־בְּנוֹת הַשִּׁיר Ec 12:4; = proceed humbly, of words מֵעָפָר Is 29:4 (‖ שָׁפֵל). prostrate, lay low, city, walls, etc.; Pf. 3 ms. הֵשַׁח Is 25:12; 26:5 (both ‖ הִשְׁפִּיל). Hithpōʿ. be cast down, despairing: Impf. 3 fs. תִּשְׁתּוֹחָ֑ח ψ 42:7, 2 fs. תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי v 6, 12; 43:5 (all c. subj. נַפְשִׁי).