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STRONGS NUMBER H8252
Transliteration: shaqat
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kat')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be quiet or undisturbed
Meaning: to be quiet or undisturbed
Word Summary
shaqat: to be quiet or undisturbed
Original Word: שָׁקַטTransliteration: shaqat
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kat')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be quiet or undisturbed
Meaning: to be quiet or undisturbed
Strong's Concordance
appease, idleness, at, be at, be in, give quietness, be at, be in, A primitive root; to repose (usually figurative) -- appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8252. shaqat
שָׁקַט verb be quiet, undisturbed (שְׁקַט ᵑ7 (rare); Late Hebrew שׁקט is sink down; Arabic is drop down); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular consecutive ׳וְשׁ Jeremiah 30:10; 46:27, 3feminine singular שָֽׁקְטָה Joshua 11:23 +, שָׁקָ֑טָה 2 Kings 11:20 +; 1 singular שָׁקַ֫טְתִּי Job 3:26, וְשָׁקַטְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 16:42; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁקֹט Ruth 3:18; 2feminine singular תְּשְׁקֹ֑טִי Jeremiah 47:6-7, 1singular אֶשְׁקוֺט Isaiah 62:1; Job 3:13, אשׁקוטה Isaiah 18:4 Kt, Qr אֶשְָׁקָטָה (Ges§§ 10h, 48c); Participle שֹׁקֵט Judges 18:7 +, feminine singular שֹׁוֶ֫טֶת 1 Chronicles 4:40, שֹׁקָ֑טֶת Zechariah 1:11; plural הַשֹּׁקְטִים Ezekiel 38:11; — be quiet, undisturbed:
1 of land, at peace, absolute Judges 3:11, 30; 5:31; 8:28; Isaiah 14:7 (+נָ֫חָה), 2 Chron 13:23; +מִמִּלְחָמָה Joshua 11:23; 14:15 (D ?), compare 14:5 (P); ׳וְשׁ וּשְׁלֵוָה 1 Chronicles 4:40; of earth, וְשׁ ׳ישֶׁבֶת Zechariah 1:11; absolute of city 2 Kings 11:20 2 Chronicles 23:21, kingdom 20:30, +לִפְנֵי person 14:4; of people, ׳שׁ וּבֹטֵחַ in peace and security Judges 18:7, 27, לָבֶ֑טַח ישְׁבֵי הַשֹּׁקְטִים Ezekiel 38:11; +שַׁאֲנַן Jeremiah 30:10 = 46:27; of Moab, אֶלשְֿׁמָרָיו שַׁאֲנַןוְ֗֗֗שֹׁקֵט 48:11 undisturbed upon its lees (figurative of wine); of Job, quiet in death Job 3:13, be at rest (from apprehensions of evil) 3:26 (+נָ֫חְתִּי שָׁלַוְתִּי,).
2 be quiet, inactive: of ׳וְאַבִּיטָהי֔ Isaiah 18:4 I will be quiet and gaze, i.e. gaze as an inactive spectator, Psalm 83:2 ("" חרשׁ דמה, be silent); = be pacified Ezekiel 16:42; of sword of ׳י Jeremiah 47:6-7, of Boaz Ruth 3:18 he will not be quiet until he has finished the matter; of prophet Isaiah 62:1 ("" חָשָׁה be silent).
Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine singular יַשְׁקִיט Proverbs 15:18, יַשְׁקִט Job 34:29; Imperative masculine singular הַשְׁקֵט Isaiah 7:4; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁקֵט 32:17 +; construct הַשְׁקִיט Psalm 94:13, קִט- Job 37:17, קֵט- Isaiah 57:20; Jeremiah 49:23; —
1 shew quietness (inner causative), of men Isaiah 7:4 (+אַלתִּֿירָא), of sea 57:20 = Jeremiah 49:23, earth Job 37:17 ( +מִדָּרוֺם); hence Infinitive absolute = substantive, quietness, display of quietness Isaiah 30:15, וָבֶ֫טַח הַשְׁקֵט הַצְּדָקָה עֲבֹדַת 32:17 the product of righteousness is quietness and security (Du CheHpt Marti strike out ׳הַצּ as dittograph from va, read הַמִּשְׁמָּט for הַשְׁקֵט, and strike out וָ: the product of justice is security); (presumptuous) security, הַשְׁקֵט שַׁלְוַת Ezekiel 16:49 (of Sodom).
2 cause quietness: subject ׳י Job 34:29, רָ֑ע מִימֵי לוֺ לְהַשְׁקִיט Psalm 94:13; pacify, allay, object רִיב Proverbs 15:18.