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 · וַתִּשְׁקַ֖עAnd the people cry unto Moses, and Moses prayeth unto Jehovah, and the fire is quenched;Job 41:1 · תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַDost thou draw leviathan with an angle? And with a rope thou lettest down—his tongue?Jeremiah 51:64 · תִּשְׁקַ֨עand said, Thus sink doth Babylon, and it doth not arise, because of the evil that I am bringing in against it, and they have been weary.’ Hitherto are words of Jeremiah.Amos 8:8 · וְנִשְׁקְעָ֖הFor this doth not the land tremble, And mourned hath every dweller in it? And come up as a flood hath all of it. And it hath been cast out, and hath sunk, Like the flood of Egypt.Amos 9:5 · וְשָׁקְעָ֖הAnd it is the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Who is striking against the land, and it melteth, And mourned have all the inhabitants in it, And come up as a flood hath all of it, And it hath sunk—like the flood of Egypt.