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Genesis 24:63

וַ יֵּצֵא יִצְחָק לָ שׂוּחַ בַּ שָּׂדֶה לִ פְנֹות עָרֶב וַ יִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַ יַּרְא וְ הִנֵּה גְמַלִּים בָּאִים
And He-Laughs is going out to sink827 in the Field,828 to face the dusk, and he is lifting up his eyes, and he is seeing, and behold, camels are those-who-come-in.
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Strong’s #7742, שׂוּחַ suach. No one knows the true definition of this word but conjecture that it means to meditate or some such. It is said to be the only occurrence in the Bible. However, there is this word שׁוּחַ shuach (#7743) to sink down which is the closest. Actually the letters are exactly the same.

For our breath has sunk down [shuach] to dust, our belly has cleaved to the earth.” Psalm 44:25 literal