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שָׂחָה

sa.chah

to swim

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Strong’s H7811Verb3 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

i make swim1

swimmer1

swim1

In the text

Psalm 6:6אַשְׂחֶה
I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
Isaiah 25:11הַשֹּׂחֶה
He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שָׂחָה] vb. swim

Hiph. I make my bed swim (with my tears)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.