1) to sink, sink down, subside 1a) (Qal) to sink 1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse 1c)(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle
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H8257 — שָׁקַע
sha.qa · to sink · Hebrew/Aramaic
5 tagged verse occurrences
Numbers 11:2 · וַתִּשְׁקַ֖עThe people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated.Job 41:1 · תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַ“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?Jeremiah 51:64 · תִּשְׁקַ֨עand you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring on her; and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.Amos 8:8 · וְנִשְׁקְעָ֖הWon’t the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.Amos 9:5 · וְשָׁקְעָ֖הFor the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt.