שָׁכַךְ
shâkak · shaw-kak'
to weave (i.e. lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to weave (i.e. lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood)
- to weave (i.e. lay) a trap
- figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions
- physically, abate a flood)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers › the open hand that covers
To consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁכַךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- asswaged1 · 20%
- and i will make to cease1 · 20%
- was appeased1 · 20%
- pacified1 · 20%
- as he that setteth1 · 20%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.