שָׁקַע (šāqaʿ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning sink. It appears
6 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H8257).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2456)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2456)sink, sink down; it sank down; subside, be overflowed, cease, abate, subdue; make deep, let down, drown, quench
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שָׁקַעverb: sink, sink down
Qalit sank down
Niphalsink
Strong's H8257שָׁקַע: to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue KJV:make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.
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.