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Genesis 23:12

“And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁחָהshâchâh · shaw-khaw'
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
יִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ֙ — verb Hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vtw3ms
Usage: Occurs 175 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:2 Genesis 19:1 Genesis 22:5 Genesis 23:7 Genesis 24:26

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.

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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.