Lexical Summary chashah: to be silent, inactive, or still Original Word: חָשָׁהTransliteration: chashah Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-shaw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be silent, inactive, or still Meaning: to be silent, inactive, or still Strong's Concordance hold peace, keep silence, be silent, be still A primitive root; to hush or keep quiet -- hold peace, keep silence, be silent, (be) still. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2814. chashah [חָשָׁה] verb be silent, inactive, still (chiefly in poetry and late) (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic in derivatives) — Qal Imperfect2masculine singular תֶּחֱשֶׁה Psalm 28:1; Isaiah 64:11; אֶחֱשֶׁה 62:1; 65:6; יֶחֱשׁוּ 62:6; וַיֶּחֱשׁוּ Psalm 107:29; — be silent Ecclesiastes 3:7 (opposed to לְדַבֵּר); Isaiah 62:1, 6 (= neglect to speak); of ׳י i.e. be unresponsive Psalm 28:1 ("" חרשׁ); Isaiah 64:11 ("" הִתְאַמַּק); but 65:6 of ׳י's keeping silence at iniquity, i.e. overlooking it (compare 57:11 Hiph`il); of waves, be still Psalm 107:29 (subject גַּלֵּיהֶם). Hiph`il Perfect הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי Psalm 39:3; Isaiah 42:14; Imperative הֶחֱשׁוּ 2 Kings 2:3, 5; Participle מַחְשֶׁה Isaiah 57:11; plural מַחְשִׁים Judges 18:9 3t.; — 1 exhibit silence, be silent 2 Kings 2:3, 5; 7:9; Psalm 39:3 (followed by מִטּוֺב, "" נֶאֱלַמְתִּי), figurative Isaiah 42:14 ("" אחרישׁ); of ׳י's being silent at iniquity 57:11 (i.e. overlooking it, compare Qal 65:5), possibly also is be silent, opposed to rescue, Ges Che Di Du. 2 shew inactivity Judges 18:9, ׳הח מִקַּחַת 1 Kings 22:3 Gilead is ours, and we shew inactivity so as not to take it. 3 causat. make still, quiet, followed by לְ, of direct object Nehemiah 8:11 (v:b הַסּוּ q. v.) חֻשָם חֻשִׁים, see above. |
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