shachach · subside, calm

What it means

shachach (שָׁכַךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “subside, calm”.

Down, go down.

How to say it

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

1. Quiet down, ebb; make still.
2. Stoop low, like a hunter lying in wait.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• subsided ×3
• I will silence ×1
• like the crouching ×1

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Numbers×1
• Esther×2
• Jeremiah×1

• Genesis 8:1

  And Elohim remembered Noah and all the animals and all the livestock that were with him in the ark; and Elohim made a wind pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

• Numbers 17:5

  And the man whom I choose, his staff shall sprout; and I will silence from upon me the grumblings of the sons of Israel, which they grumble against you.”

• Esther 2:1

  After these things, when the fury of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.

• Esther 7:10

  And they hanged Haman on the pole that he had prepared for Mordecai; and the fury of the king subsided.

• Jeremiah 5:26

  For among my people are found wicked men; they watch like the crouching of fowlers; they set a trap; they catch men.