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2 Samuel 9:8
“And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁחָהshâchâh · shaw-khaw'
H7812 · Hebrew
H7812 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּשְׁתַּ֕חוּ — verb Hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 175 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:2Genesis 19:1Genesis 22:5Genesis 23:7Genesis 23:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁחָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.