shaqa (H8257) — Hebrew Word Study — MannaFest

Hebrew · Strong's H8257

שָׁקַע

shaqashaw-kah'

to subside

1890 spelling: shâqaʻ

Gematria 470

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue

Rendered in the KJV as

make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.

6
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
6
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 6 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 6

אַשְׁקִ֣יעַ1
וְנִשְׁקְעָ֖ה1
וְשָׁקְעָ֖ה1
וַתִּשְׁקַ֖ע1
תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַ1
תִּשְׁקַ֨ע1

How it is rendered · 6

and it died out1
and it sinks1
and it will sink1
I will make settle1
it will sink1
will you hold down?1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 6

Hc/VNq3fs1
Hc/Vqq3fs1
Hc/Vqw3fs1
verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular1
verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

Hc/VNq3fs · 1
Hc/Vqq3fs · 1
Hc/Vqw3fs · 1
HVhi1cs · 1
HVhi2ms · 1
HVqi3fs · 1

All 6, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Amos2 of 6 · 33%
Numbers1 of 6 · 17%
Job1 of 6 · 17%
Jeremiah1 of 6 · 17%
Ezekiel1 of 6 · 17%

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Numbers1 occurrence

Numbers 11:2וַתִּשְׁקַ֖עvatishka'Hc/Vqw3fsAnd the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.here: and it died out

Job1 occurrence

Job 41:1תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַtashkia'verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?here: will you hold down?

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 51:64תִּשְׁקַ֨עtishka'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularThen you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.here: it will sink

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 32:14אַשְׁקִ֣יעַʾashkia'verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularThen I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,’ declares the Lord GOD.here: I will make settle

Amos2 occurrences

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