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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 5500. סָחָה (sachah) -- To swim</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/5500.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/ezekiel/26-4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/5500.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 5500</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/5499.htm" title="5499">◄</a> 5500. sachah <a href="../hebrew/5501.htm" title="5501">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">sachah: To swim</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">סָחָה</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>cachah<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>sah-KHAH<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(saw-khaw')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To swim<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>to sweep away<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>A primitive root<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Greek equivalent in Strong's Concordance for the Hebrew "sachah," the concept of swimming can be related to Greek words like "κολυμβάω" (kolumbao), which means "to swim."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew verb "sachah" primarily means "to swim." It is used in the context of moving through water, indicating the action of swimming. This term is relatively rare in the Hebrew Bible, reflecting specific instances where swimming is mentioned.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, bodies of water such as the Sea of Galilee, the Jordan River, and the Mediterranean Sea were significant for trade, travel, and sustenance. Swimming would have been a practical skill for fishermen, traders, and those living near these waters. However, swimming is not frequently mentioned in the biblical text, possibly due to the cultural and geographical context where land-based activities were more prominent.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to scrape<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>scrape (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">סוח</font> (√ of following; = <font class="hebrew2">סחה</font> q. v.). </p><p> [<font class="hebrew2">סָחָה</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>scrape</b></font> (Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb069503.gif"> (<img src="/bdbgif/bdb069504.gif">, and <img src="/bdbgif/bdb069505.gif"> Lane<sup>1322</sup>) <em>scrape off, clear away</em>; compare Talmud <font class="hebrew2">סְחוּתָא</font>, <font class="hebrew2">סְחִיתָא</font> <em>refuse</em>, <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> <font class="hebrew2">סְחִיתָא</font> <em>dirt, dung</em>); — only <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pi`el</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>scrape clean, scour</b></font>, <em>Perfect</em>1singular consecutive <font class="hebrew2">וְסִחֵתִ֫י עֲפָרָהּ מֶּנָּהָ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/26-4.htm">Ezekiel 26:4</a> <em>and I will scrape clean her dust from her</em>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>scrape <p>A primitive root; to sweep away -- scrape. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְסִֽחֵיתִ֥י וסחיתי vesicheiTi wə·si·ḥê·ṯî wəsiḥêṯî<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/26-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 26:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהָֽרְסוּ֙ מִגְדָּלֶ֔יהָ <b> וְסִֽחֵיתִ֥י </b> עֲפָרָ֖הּ מִמֶּ֑נָּה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> her towers; <span class="itali">and I will scrape</span> her debris<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> her towers: <span class="itali">I will also scrape</span> her dust<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/26-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and break her towers <span class="itali">will scrape</span> her debris from<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5500.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5500.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5500<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/vesicheiti_5500.htm">wə·si·ḥê·ṯî — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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