- Original: ישׁח - Transliteration: Yeshach - Phonetic: yeh'-shakh - Definition: 1. a sinking feeling, emptiness - Origin: from an unused root meaning to gape (as the empty stomach) - TWOT entry: 924 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From an unused root meaning to gape (as the empty stomach); hunger: - casting down. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • down, 1 Micah 6:14