BDB8581
[שָׁחָה]172 verb bow down (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic שְׁחִי (rare); akin to שׁוח, שׁחח); —
Qal
Imperative feminine singular שְׁחִי
Isa 51:23
bow down.
Hiph`il
Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה
Prov 12:25
, figurative, anxiety depresses it (that is לֵב; opposed to
שִׂמֵּחַ).
Hithpa`lel170 (Ges«GKC:75kk»§ 75kk)
Perfect 3 masculine singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה
Ezek 46:2 2
masculine singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֫יתָ
Deut 4:19 + 3
t.; 1 singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֫יתִי
1Sam 16:4 + 2
t.; 3 masculine plural הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ
Jer 8:2, etc.;
Imperfect
יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה
2Sam 15:32
+ 3 t.; apocopatic יִשְׁתַּ֫חוּ
Isa 44:17
+; 3 masculine plural יִשְׁתַּחֲווּ
Gen 49:8 +; 2
feminine plural תִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֫יןָ
Gen 33:6; Gen 37:7, etc.;
Imperative feminine singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוִי
Ps 45:12
masculine plural הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ
Ps 29:2 +;
Infinitive construct
הִשְׁשַׁתַּחֲוֺת
Gen 37:10 +;
suffix מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶי
2Kgs 5:18
(but
ᵐ5
ᵑ9
and modern חֲוֺתוֺ-); Participle
מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה
2Kgs 19:27
, etc.; מִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶּם
Ezek 8:16,
read וִים- all modern; —
1.
bow down, prostrate oneself, before a monarch or superior, in homage, etc.:
a.
with ל, after descriptive clause (especially with קדד,
נפל
3.b., q. v. ), 1Sam 24:9; Gen 43:28 (
J
) 2Sam
14:4; 2Sam 14:22; Ruth 2:10; 1Kgs
1:31; 2Kgs 4:37 + 6 t., + (after כָּרֵע) Esth 3:2
(twice in verse); Esth 3:5.
b. with ל,
followed by phrase (לפני) על אפים ארצה
2Sam 14:33
; 1Kgs
1:23
לאפים
Gen 48:12 (
E
)
2Sam 18:28
אפים
Gen
42:6 (
E
) + 4 t.; omit אפים
Gen
33:3 (
J
) + 3 t.; עַל כַּפּוֺת
רֵנְלַיִךְ
Isa 60:14.
c. with לְ person only, Gen
23:7 (
P
) Gen
27:29 (twice in verse); Gen 37:9 (
E
), Gen
49:8;
Exod 11:8 (
J
) + 8 t.; with לפני
Gen 23:12 (
P
); with אל
Isa 45:14 (|| התפלּל); absolute Gen 33:6; Gen 33:7 (twice
in verse) (
J
), Exod
18:7 (
E
) 2Sam 9:8
; 2Sam
16:4;
Isa 49:7.
2. before God, in worship, etc.:
a. with לְ, after
descriptive phrase: קדד ארצה
Exod 34:8 (
J
); ארצה omitted Gen 24:26; Gen 24:48 (
J
) + 4 t.; כרע אפים ארצה
2Chr 7:3
כרע
2Chr 29:29
נפל ארצה
Job 1:20
נפל לפני
2Chr 20:18
.
b. followed by phrase: אפים ארצה
׳
ל
׳
קדד וישׁ
Neh 8:6
׳
ארצה ל
Gen 24:52
(
J
); ונכרעה
׳
השׁ
Ps 95:6
בְּהַדְרַת קֹדֶשׁ
׳
ל
׳
השׁ
Ps 29:2;
Ps 96:9 =
1Chr 16:29
אֶלהֵֿיכָל (looking towards) Ps 5:8; Ps 138:2
לַהֲדֹם רגלים
Ps 99:5;
Ps 132:7
.
c. with לְ only: 1Sam 1:28 (but read וַתַּנִּחֵהוּ
ᵐ5
and modern), 1Sam 15:25; Jer 7:2; Ps 66:4 + 9 t.; with לפני
Deut 26:10
; Isa
66:23 + 4 t.; with בְ local Isa 27:13 with לְ local Ps 99:9
absolute Gen 22:5
(
E
) Judg
7:15 + 5 t.; accusative of location Exod 33:10 (
E
) Jer
26:2;
Ezek 46:3
לפני (ה)מזבח
Isa 36:7 =
2Kgs 18:22
=
2Chr 32:12 with על location Gen 47:31 (
J
) 1Kgs
1:47;
Ezek 46:2
מֵרֶחֹק
after off
Exod 24:1 (
E
).
d. before angel in theoph.: after clause with נפל,
קדד, Josh 5:14; Num 22:31 followed by אפים ארצה
Gen 19:1
ארצה
Gen 18:2
(all
J
).
3. before other gods: absolute Isa 2:20; Isa 44:15; Isa 44:17; Isa 46:6 accusative of location
2Kgs 5:18
(3 t. in verse); 2Kgs 19:37 = Isa 37:38 with לְ, Exod 20:5 = Deut 5:9 (10 words), Exod 23:24
(
E
), Num
25:2 (
J
), Josh
23:7 (
D
), Deut
8:19;
Deut 11:16; 1Kgs 16:31 + 34 t.; with על, Lev 26:1 (
H
); לפני
2Chr 25:14
(|| קטּר).