שָׁקַע (b. h.) 1) to be depressed, sink, go down. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᶜ bot. אם היה חותמה שׁוֹקֵעַ if the seal on it was engraven, opp. בולט; Tosef. Ab. Zar. V (VI), 2; Bab. Ab. Zar. 43ᵇ. Gen. R. s. 19 (ref. to לרוח היום, Gen. III, 8) לרוח ששׁוֹקַעַת עם היום by the (western) wind that goes down with the day. Ib. כל שהיום שוקע וכ׳ the more the day goes down, the cooler it grows. Y. Sabb. I, 3ᵈ top אחד צף ואחד שוקע וכ׳ one kind of poison floats, another settles &c. Mikv. X, 1 צלוחית שפיה שוקע a bottle the mouth of which is turned down. Men. 103ᵇ, v. Hithpa.; a. fr. —2) to sink, let down. B. Mets. V, 7 מששְׁקָעוֹ בכבשן after he let the lime stones down into the kiln (Y. ed. משיִשְׁקַע כבשנו, or משיְשַׁקֵּעַ) when he has filled his kiln). Yalk. Koh. 966, v. שָׁלָה; a. e.—Part. pass. שָׁקוּעַ; f. שְׁקוּעָה &c. Bekh. 43ᵇ, v. חָרַם. Ex. R. s. 1522 והארץ ש׳ במים the earth was submerged in water. Sifra Thazr., Par. 5, ch. XV (ref. to פחתת, Lev. XIII, 55) שיהיו כל מראיה שְׁקוּעִין Rabad (ed. שׁוֹקְעִין) that all its colors appear lower (v. שַׁקִּיעַ; cmp. עָמוֹק); Yalk. Lev. 553 שׁוֹקְעִין; a. e.—Bekh. VII, 1 ראשו ש׳, v. שָׁקוּט.
Pi. - שִׁיקֵּעַ to sink, let down. Snh. VI, 4 מְשַׁקְּעִין את הקורה וכ׳ they insert the trunk (of the gallows) in the ground. Y. Shek. V, end, 49ᵇ כמה ממון שִׁיקְּעוּ אבותי כאן how much money have my ancestors sunk here (in building that synagogue)!; כמה נפשות שיקעו וכ׳ how many souls did thy ancestors sink here! were there no people to study the Law (on whom that money might have been spent)?; Y. Peah VIII, end, 21ᵇ. B. Mets. V, 7 Y. ed., v. supra; a. e.—Trnsf. toembody in a collection without regard to original wording, to edit, abridge. Y. Hor. III, 48ᶜ top; Y. Sabb. XVI, 15ᶜ הדא דאת אמר עד שלא ש׳ בו רבי רוב משניות אבל משש׳ וכ׳ what you say (that the study of the Mishnah collection is preferable) refers to the time before Rabbi had embodied and abridged most of the Mishnayoth in his edition, but since then, run at all times after the Talmud (where the discussions are quoted in their original form).—Part. pass. מְשׁוּקָּע; f. מְשׁוּקַּעַת; pl. מְשׁוּקָּעִים, מְשׁוּקָּעִין; מְשׁוּקָּעוֹת. Koh. R. to I, 15 מקצתה מש׳ בארץ part of the boat rests on dry land. Y. B. Mets. II, beg. 8ᵇ במש׳ בו when the objeot is found stuck in it, opp. בנתון בו when it is seen that it was put there. Gen. R. s. 33 שהיתה התיבה מש׳ במים וכ׳ that the ark was eleven cubits in the water. Y. Yoma VII, beg. 44ᵃ זרעו של דוד מש׳ שם the seed of David is sunk there (in the family of the Resh Galutha). Y. Sabb. III, 6ᵃ top כסא שרגליו מש׳ בטיט a chair the feet of which stick in the mud. Y. Ḥag. I, 76ᵈ top; Y. Peah II, 17ᵃ כמה … וכולהן מש׳ במשנה many Hălakhoth have been communicated to Moses from Sinai, and they all are embodied in the Mishnah; a. e.