שָׁחָה

שחי, שָׁחָה(b. h.; interch. with שָׁחַח) to curve; to bend, bow; to lower ones self. Tosef.Ber.I, 9; Ber.34a; Gen. R. s. 39, a. e., v. שָׁחַח. Pesik. Shek., p. 11b> (ref. to Is. 2:9) יודע אני ששָׁחוּ … והָשְׁפַּלְתִּי אני והם I know that Israel lowered themselves by bowing to the calf, and I and they were humbled; Yalk. Ex. 386; Yalk. Is. 260; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 4; Pesik. R. s. 10 אימתי שחו ונשפלו when was it that they bent and were lowered?; a. fr. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה to prostrate ones self. Snh.VII, 6 (60b) המִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה he that prostrates himself (before an idol). Ib. 62a זיבח … וה׳וכ׳ if a person sacrificed, burnt incense, offered libation, and prostrated himself, all in one act. Yoma 69a כיון שראה … וה׳ לפניו when he (king Alexander) saw Simon the righteous, he alighted from his chariot and threw himself down before him; מלך … יִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהוכ׳ should a great king like thee prostrate himself before this Jew?; a. fr.