H7812. shachah

[שָׁחָה‎]₁₇₂ verb bow down (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic שְׁחִי‎ (rare); akin to שׁחח שׁוח,‎); —

Qal Imperative feminine singular שְׁחִי‎ Isaiah 51:23 bow down.

Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יַשְׁחֶ֑נָּה‎ Proverbs 12:25, figurative, anxiety depresses it (that is לֵב‎; opposed to שִׂמֵּחַ‎).

Hithpa`lel₁₇₀ (Ges^{§ 75kk}) Perfect3masculine singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה‎ Ezekiel 46:2; 2masculine singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֫יתָ‎ Deuteronomy 4:19 3t.; 1 singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוֵ֫יתִי‎ 1 Samuel 16:4 2t.; 3 masculine plural הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ‎ Jeremiah 8:2, etc.; Imperfect יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה‎ 2 Samuel 15:32 3t.; apocopatic יִשְׁתַּ֫חוּ‎ Isaiah 44:17 +; 3 masculine plural יִשְׁתַּחֲווּ‎ Genesis 49:8 +; 2 feminine plural תִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֫יןָ‎ 33:6; 37:7, etc.; Imperative feminine singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוִי‎ Psalm 45:12; masculine plural הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ‎ 29:2 +; Infinitive construct הִשְׁשַׁתַּחֲוֺת‎ Genesis 37:10 +; suffix מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶי‎ 2 Kings 5:18 (but ᵑ9 ᵐ5‎ and modern חֲוֺתוֺ‎-); Participle מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה‎ 19:27, etc.; מִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶּם‎ Ezekiel 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 נפל קדד,‎ 3b, q. v. ), 1 Samuel 24:9; Genesis 43:28 (J) 2 Samuel 14:4, 22; Ruth 2:10; 1 Kings 1:31; 2 Kings 4:37 6t., + (after כָּרֵע‎) Esther 3:2 (twice in verse); 3:5.

b. with ל‎, followed by phrase (לפני‎) ארצה אפים על‎ 2 Samuel 14:33; 1 Kings 1:23; לאפים‎ Genesis 48:12 (E) 2 Samuel 18:28; אפים‎ Genesis 42:6 (E) + 4 t.; omit אפים‎ 33:3 (J) + 3 t.; רֵנְלַיִךְ כַּמּוֺת עַל‎ Isaiah 60:14.

c. with לְ‎ person only, Genesis 23:7 (P) 27:29 (twice in verse); 37:9 (E), 49:8; Exodus 11:8 (J) + 8 t.; with לפני‎ Genesis 23:12 (P); with אל‎ Isaiah 45:14 ("" התפלּל‎); absolute Genesis 33:6-7, (twice in verse) (J), Exodus 18:7 (E) 2 Samuel 9:8; 16:4; Isaiah 49:7.

2 before God, in worship, etc.:

a. with לְ‎, after descriptive phrase: ארצה קדד‎ Exodus 34:8 (J); ארצה‎ omitted Genesis 24:26, 48 (J) + 4 t.; ארצה אפים כרע‎2 Chronicles 7:3; כרע‎29:29; ארצה נפל‎ Job 1:20; לפני נפל‎2 Chronicles 20:18.

b. followed by phrase: וישׁ ׳קדד ׳ל ארצה אפים‎ Nehemiah 8:6; ל ׳ארצה‎ Genesis 24:52 (J); ׳השׁ ונכרעה‎ Psalm 95:6; ׳השׁ ׳ל קֹדֶשׁ בְּהַדְרַת‎ 29:2; 96:9 = 1 Chronicles 16:29; אֶלהֵֿיכָל‎ (looking towards) Psalm 5:8; 138:2; רגלים לַהֲדֹם‎ 99:5; 132:7.

c. with לְ‎ only: 1 Samuel 1:28 (but read ᵐ5 וַתַּנִּחֵהוּ‎ and modern), 15:25; Jeremiah 7:2; Psalm 66:4 9t.; with לפני‎ Deuteronomy 26:10; Isaiah 66:23 4t.; with בְ‎ local 27:13; with לְ‎ local Psalm 99:9; absolute Genesis 22:5 (E) Judges 7:15 5t.; accusative of location Exodus 33:10 (E) Jeremiah 26:2; Ezekiel 46:3; (ה)מזבח לפני‎ Isaiah 36:7 = 2 Kings 18:22 2 Chronicles 32:12; with על‎ location Genesis 47:31 (J) 1 Kings 1:47; Ezekiel 46:2; מֵרֶחֹק‎ after off Exodus 24:1 (E).

d. before angel in theoph.: after clause with קדד נפל,‎, Joshua 5:14; Numbers 22:31; followed by ארצה אפים‎ Genesis 19:1; ארצה‎ 18:2 (all J).

3 before other gods: absolute Isaiah 2:20; 44:15, 17; 46:6; accusative of location 2 Kings 5:18 (3 t. in verse); 19:37 = Isaiah 37:38; with לְ‎, Exodus 20:5 = Deuteronomy 5:9 (10 words), Exodus 23:24 (E), Numbers 25:2 (J), Joshua 23:7 (D), Deuteronomy 8:19; 11:16; 1 Kings 16:31 34t.; with על‎, Leviticus 26:1 (H); לפני‎2 Chronicles 25:14 ("" קטּר‎).