UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Sense 1: to abate, to subside

Semantic domains: Lax (002001003013)

Core domains: Intensity (090)

Definition: = process by which events become less intense

Forms: vbqal-

GEN 8:1: RV GEN 8:1 · LV GEN 8:1 · Read together GEN 8:1

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OET-RV GEN 8:1

8 Then God considered Noah and all the living things and all the livestock that were with him in the floating chest, and he caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters started to subside

OET-LV GEN 8:1

8 And_ god _he _remembered DOM Noaḩ and_DOM every _of the_living and_DOM all _of the_cattle/livestock which with_him/it in_box and_ god _he _made _to _pass a _wind over the_earth/land and_ the_waters _they _subsided.

EST 2:1: RV EST 2:1 · LV EST 2:1 · Read together EST 2:1

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OET-RV EST 2:1

2 Some time later when King Ahashverosh (Ahasuerus /Xerxes) no longer felt so angry, he started to miss Vashti. But when she’d disobeyed his command, he had made a decree that she could never come into his presence again.

OET-LV EST 2:1

2 After the_things the_these just_ the _anger _of the_king ʼAḩashvērōsh _as _subsided he _remembered DOM Vashti and_DOM that_which she _had _done and_DOM that_which it _had _been _decided on_her.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: RV GEN 8:1 · LV GEN 8:1 · Read together GEN 8:1

EST: RV EST 2:1 · RV EST 7:10 · LV EST 2:1 · LV EST 7:10 · Read together EST 2:1 · Read together EST 7:10

Sense 2: to cause to abate, to cause to subside

Semantic domains: Lax (002001003013)

Core domains: Intensity (090)

Definition: = causative action by which deities cause events to become less intense

Forms: vbhif-

NUM 17:20: RV NUM 17:5 · LV NUM 17:20 · Read together NUM 17:5

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OET-RV NUM 17:5

5 and then the staff of the man that I choose to be the priest will sprout. Then the people can stop complaining to me about you.”

OET-LV NUM 17:20

20  And_it _was the_man whom I _will _choose in/on/over_him/it rod _of_his it _will _bud and_I _will _put _an _end _to from_on_me DOM the _grumblings _of the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) which they are_grumbling on_you(pl).

Form 2

Part of speech: vb

Sense 1: to bend, to bow down

Semantic domains: Stance (002001001058)

Definition: meaning unsure; possibly: = action by which humans bow down ► in order to make themselves small and invisible

Forms: vbqal-

JER 5:26: RV JER 5:26 · LV JER 5:26 · Read together JER 5:26

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OET-RV JER 5:26

26 because there are wicked influencers among my people.
⇔ They lie in wait like a bird-catcher.
⇔ ≈ They set a trap and catch people.

OET-LV JER 5:26

26 If/because they _are _found among_people _of_my wicked_people he _watches as_ fowlers _bend they _set a _destroyer people they _catch.

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שׁכך

Form 1

Sense 1: to abate, to subside

Sense 2: to cause to abate, to cause to subside

Form 2

Sense 1: to bend, to bow down