hebrew #7918 - שְׁכַךְ shakak (to decrease)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set A primitive root; to weave (i.e. Lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood) -- appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set. Englishman's Concordance 1) to subside, abate, decrease 1a) (Qal) to abate 1b) (Hiphil) to allay Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 2384 Brown-Driver-Briggs [שָׁכַךְ] verbdecrease, abate (Late Hebrew שְׁכִיכָה is allaying of anger; שִׁכֵּךְ אֹזֶןsoothe, satisfy the ear (so apparently Dalm), i.e. allow it to hear and understand, compare LevyNHWB (and Arabic  be narrow have small ears, be deaf, Frä90); — Arabic  see humble oneself, Wahrm humiliate); — QalImperfect3masculine plural וַיָּשֹׁכוּGenesis 8:1 the waters abated; Infinitive constructכְּשֹׁךְEsther 2:1 when abated the king's wrath, so Perfect3feminine singular שָׁכָ֑כָהEsther 7:10. — כְּשַׁךְ יְקוּשִׁיםJeremiah 5:26 usually like the bending, crouching, of fowlers (this meaning for שַׁךְ dubious; Dr כְּשֻׁר Du strike out ישׁור כשׁ, then reads יִלְכֹּדוּ׃׳מוֺקְשִׁים הִצִּיבוּ בַּשַּׁחַת א). Hiph`ilPerfect1singular consecutive וַהֲשִׁכֹּתִ֫י מֵעָלַיNumbers 17:20I will allay from upon me the murmurings (accusative), etc. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 7918. שָׁכַך (shakak) — 5 OccurrencesGenesis 8:1 Numbers 17:5 Esther 2:1 Esther 7:10 Jeremiah 5:26 |