שָׁקַע shâqaʻ (H8257)

to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue

1) to sink, sink down, subside 1a) (Qal) to sink 1b) (Niphal) to sink, collapse 1c)(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle

(abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root;