H7811

שָׂחָה

sa.chahH:V

to swim

1) to swim 1a) (Qal) swim (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) to make to swim

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[שָׂחָה] verb swim (Late Hebrew סָחוּ swimming; Targum סְחָא, Syriac swim, bathe, also סָחְיָא, סַחְיָנָא, שָׂחְיָנָא swimmer; Aph`el wash); —

Qal Participle + Infinitive construct כַּאֲשֶׁר יְפָרֵשׂ הַשּׂחֶה לִשְׂחוֺת Isa 25:11. Hiph`il Imperfect 1 singular אַשְׂחֶה Ps 6:7 I make my bed swim (with my tears; another view below שִׂיחַQal 1).


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