שָׁכַךְ (šākak) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning decrease. It appears
5 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7918).
Also rendered
to subside
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2384)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2384)decrease, abate; abated; weave, trap, allay; appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שָׁכַךְverb: decrease, abate
Qalthe waters abated
Strong's H7918שָׁכַךְ: to weave (i.e. lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood) KJV:appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.