שָׂחָה
sacha · swim; flood
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7811 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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sacha (שָׂחָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “swim; flood”.
To swim. In the causative form, "make swim": to flood, to soak.
How to say it
sa·cha
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To move through water with the arms, without touching bottom.
- To weep so much that the bed is soaked.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- I flood ×1
- swim ×1
- swimmer ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; every night I flood my bed; with my tears I soak my couch.
- Isaiah 25:11
And he will spread out his hands in its midst, as the swimmer spreads out his hands to swim; and he will bring low his pride together with the tricks of his hands.
And 1 more times.