שָׁחַח, (b. h.) to bend, bow (interch. with שָׁחָה a. שׁוּחַ). Y. Ber. I, 3ᶜ bot. אלו … ששׁוֹחֲחִין וכ׳ these are the benedictions at which you must bow &c.; השׁוֹחֵחַ … שלא יָשׁוֹחַ (or יָשׁוּחַ) if one bows at every benediction, we teach him that he must not do so; Ber. 34ᵃ; Gen. R. s. 39 והשׁוֹחֶה … לָשׁוֹחַ (or לָשׁוּחַ); Tosef. Ber. I, 9 השׁוֹחֶה … שלא יִשְׁחֶה. Ruth R. to II, 5 כל הנשים שׁוֹחֲחוֹת וכ׳ all other women stooped in gleaning, but she (Ruth) sat down; (Yalk. ib. 601 עומדות).