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Strong's #8252 - שָׁקַט
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- to be quiet, be tranquil, be at peace, be quiet, rest, lie still, be undisturbed
- (Qal)
- to be quiet, be undisturbed
- to be at peace (of land)
- to be quiet, be inactive
- to be quiet, be undisturbed
- (Hiphil)
- to show quietness
- quietness, display of quietness (subst)
- to quiet, be quiet
- to cause quietness, pacify, allay
- to show quietness
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2873) uqs (סהקתה ShQTh) AC: Tranquil CO: ? AB: Tranquility
V) uqs (סהקתה ShQTh) - Tranquil: To be quiet and at rest. KJV (41): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) rest, quiet, still, appease, idle - Strongs: H8252 (שָׁקַט)
Nm) uqs (סהקתה ShQTh) - Tranquility: KJV (1): quietness - Strongs: H8253 (שֶׁקֶט)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive ׳וְשׁ Jeremiah 30:10; Jeremiah 46:27,3feminine singular שָֽׁקְטָה Joshua 11:23 +, שָׁקָ֑טָה 2 Kings 11:20 +; 1 singular שָׁקַ֫טְתִּי Job 3:26, וְשָׁקַטְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 16:42; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׁקֹט Ruth 3:18; 2 feminine singular תְּשְׁקֹ֑טִי Jeremiah 47:6,7; 1 singular 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; Judges 5:31; Judges 8:28; Isaiah 14:7 (+נָ֫חָה), 2 Chronicles 13:23; +מִמִּלְחָמָה Joshua 11:23; Joshua 14:15 (D ?), compare Joshua 14:5 (P); וּשְׁלֵוָה׳וְשׁ 1 Chronicles 4:40; of earth, ׳ישֶׁבֶת וְשׁ Zechariah 1:11; absolute of city 2 Kings 11:20 2 Chronicles 23:21, kingdom 2 Chronicles 20:30, +לִפְנֵי person 2 Chronicles 14:4; of people, וּבֹטֵחַ׳שׁ in peace and security Judges 18:7,27, הַשֹּׁקְטִים ישְׁבֵי לָבֶ֑טַח Ezekiel 38:11; +שַׁאֲנַן Jeremiah 30:10 = Jeremiah 46:27; of Moab, שַׁאֲנַןוְ֗֗֗שֹׁקֵטאֶלשְֿׁמָרָיו Jeremiah 48:11 undisturbed upon its lees (figurative of wine); of Job , quiet in death Job 3:13, be at rest (from apprehensions of evil) Job 3:26 (+שָׁלַוְתִּי, נָ֫חְתִּי).
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 ("" דמה, חרשׁ 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 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַשְׁקִיט Proverbs 15:18, יַשְׁקִט Job 34:29; Imperative masculine singular הַשְׁקֵט Isaiah 7:4; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁקֵט Isaiah 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 Isaiah 57:20 = Jeremiah 49:23, earth Job 37:17 ( +מִדָּרוֺם); hence Infinitive absolute = substantive, quietness, display of quietness Isaiah 30:15, עֲבֹדַת הַצְּדָקָה הַשְׁקֵט וָבֶ֫טַח Isaiah 32:17 the product of righteousness is quietness and security (Du Che Hpt Marti strike out ׳הַצּ as dittograph from v a, read הַמִּשְׁמָּט for הַשְׁקֵט, and strike out וָ: the product of justice is security); (presumptuous) security, שַׁלְוַת הַשְׁקֵט Ezekiel 16:49 (of Sodom).
2 cause quietness: subject ׳י Job 34:29, לְהַשְׁקִיט לוֺ מִימֵי רָ֑ע Psalm 94:13; pacify, allay, object רִיב Proverbs 15:18.
שָׁקַט fut. יִשְׁקֹט to rest, to have quiet (pr. to lie, to lie down; compare Arab. سقط to fall; kindred to סָכַת, سكت). It is used
(a) of one whom no one harasses, Judges 3:11, 5:31 8:28 Jeremiah 30:10, 46:27 (hence שָׁקַט מִמִּלְחָמָה Joshua 11:23, 14:15 ), and who harasses no one, Judges 18:7, 27 Judges 18:27 which sometimes arises from fear, Psalms 76:9.
(b) of a person who does nothing, remains inactive, Isaiah 62:1; Jeremiah 47:6 hence used of God when he does not afford aid, Psalms 83:2.
Hiphil
(1) to cause to be quiet, i.e. to allay strife, Proverbs 15:18 also, to make tranquil and secure, i.e. to give quiet, Job 34:29 followed by לְ of pers. and מִן of thing (from danger), Psalms 94:13.
(2) intrans. to keep oneself quiet (pr. to make oneself quiet, Ruhe beh fich hervorbringen, Ruhe halten), Isaiah 7:4, 57:20. Inf. הַשְׁקֵט subst. rest, quiet, Isaiah 30:15, 32:17. The earth is figuratively said to be quiet, when the air is sultry and unmoved (beh ftiller, fchwüler Luft), Job 37:17. Hence