H8257. shaqa
[שָׁקַע] verb sink, sink down (so Late Hebrew שָׁקַע, Aramaic שְׁקַע; Arabic has be smitten, prostrated, collapse ); —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular consecutive וְשָֽׁקְעָה; [Amos 9:5] it shall sink like the Nile (of land; opposed to עָלַה); 3 feminine singular וַתִּשְׁקַע [Num 11:2] (JE), of fire, it sunk down, died out; תִּשְׁקַע [Jer 51:64], of Babylon (like stone in water; opposed to קוּם).
Niph`al3feminine singular נִשְׁקְעָה [Amos 8:8] Qr, of land, sink (opposed to עָלָה; =
Qal [Amos 9:5]; Kt erroneous נשקה, compare WSG287).
Hiph`il Imperfect1singular מֵימֵיהֶם אַשְׁקִיעַ [Ezek 32:14] I will make their waters sink, (settle, grow clear); 2 masculine singular לְשׁוֺנוֺ תַּשְׁקִיעַ וּחְֶבֶל Job 40:25 with a cord wilt thou make his tongue sink (? pull or press it down; of crocodile; MichSuppl,2349 cited Thes 1477, compare Samaritan = חבשׁ bind).