Brown-Driver-Briggs
[
שָׁחָה]
172 verb bow down (Late Hebrew
id.; Jewish-Aramaic
שְׁחִי (rare); akin to
שׁוח,
שׁחח); —
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 Genesis 33:6; Genesis 37:7, etc.; Imperative feminine singular הִשְׁתַּחֲוִי Psalm 45:12; masculine plural הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ Psalm 29:2 +; Infinitive construct הִשְׁשַׁתַּחֲוֺת Genesis 37:10 +; suffix מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶי 2 Kings 5:18 (but ᵐ5 ᵑ9 and modern חֲוֺתוֺ-); Participle מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה 2 Kings 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 קדד, נפל 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); Esther 3:5.
b. with ל, followed by phrase (לפני) על אפים ארצה 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 Genesis 33:3 (J) + 3 t.; עַל כַּמּוֺת רֵנְלַיִךְ Isaiah 60:14.
c. with לְ person only, Genesis 23:7 (P) Genesis 27:29 (twice in verse); Genesis 37:9 (E), Genesis 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; 2 Samuel 16:4; Isaiah 49:7.
2 before God, in worship, etc.:
a. with לְ, after descriptive phrase: קדד ארצה Exodus 34:8 (J); ארצה omitted Genesis 24:26,48 (J) + 4 t.; כרע אפים ארצה2Chronicles 7:3; כרע2Chronicles 29:29; נפל ארצה Job 1:20; נפל לפני2Chronicles 20:18.
b. followed by phrase: אפים ארצה ׳ל ׳קדד וישׁ Nehemiah 8:6; ׳ארצה ל Genesis 24:52 (J); ונכרעה ׳השׁ Psalm 95:6; בְּהַדְרַת קֹדֶשׁ ׳ל ׳השׁ Psalm 29:2; Psalm 96:9 = 1 Chronicles 16:29; אֶלהֵֿיכָל (looking towards) Psalm 5:8; Psalm 138:2; לַהֲדֹם רגלים Psalm 99:5; Psalm 132:7.
c. with לְ only: 1 Samuel 1:28 (but read וַתַּנִּחֵהוּ ᵐ5 and modern), 1 Samuel 15:25; Jeremiah 7:2; Psalm 66:4 9t.; with לפני Deuteronomy 26:10; Isaiah 66:23 4t.; with בְ local Isaiah 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; לפני (ה)מזבח Isaiah 36:7 = 2 Kings 18:22 2Chronicles 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 נפל, קדד, Joshua 5:14; Numbers 22:31; followed by אפים ארצה Genesis 19:1; ארצה Genesis 18:2 (all J).
3 before other gods: absolute Isaiah 2:20; Isaiah 44:15,17; Isaiah 46:6; accusative of location 2 Kings 5:18 (3 t. in verse); 2 Kings 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; Deuteronomy 11:16; 1 Kings 16:31 34t.; with על, Leviticus 26:1 (H); לפני2Chronicles 25:14 ("" קטּר).
